Zverev, Musetti and Rune win opening matches at National Bank Open
[July 30, 2025]
TORONTO (AP) — Top-seeded Alexander Zverev beat Adam Walton 7-6 (6), 6-4
at the National Bank Open on Tuesday night in his first match since
Wimbledon.
Zverev is trying to get back on track after reaching the Australian Open
final in a strong start to the season. He was upset by Arthur
Rinderknech in the first round at Wimbledon, saying afterward he was
struggling mentally. |
Holger Rune, of Denmark, serves the ball against Giovanni Mpetshi
Perricard, of France, during a second round match at the National Bank
Open men’s tennis tournament, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in Toronto.
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"I’m trying to find ways to kind of get out of
this hole. I keep kind of finding myself back in it in a way,”
Zverev said.
The German is ranked third but seeded No. 1 in this tournament
that he won in 2017 after the withdrawals of Jannik Sinner and
Carlos Alcaraz. Zverev won a 52-shot rally in the tiebreaker to
earn a set point.
“It was a very important moment and a very important point for
me,” Zverev said. “I was lucky to get through in the first set
and then finish it off in two.”
Third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti beat Australian qualifier James
Duckworth 7-5, 6-1, while No. 5 Holger Rune was a 7-6 (7), 6-3
winner over Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard on a hot, sunny
afternoon.
All seeded players had a first-round bye in the Masters 1000
tournament that also saw No. 5 Jack Draper and No. 6 Novak
Djokovic withdraw.
No. 8 seed Casper Ruud, No. 10 Daniil Medvedev, No. 11 Karen
Khachanov, No. 14 Francisco Cerundolo and No. 18 Alexei Popyrin,
the defending champion, were among the other winners. Reilly
Opelka upset 16th-seeded Tomas Machac in three sets.
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