Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev wins opening match at U.S. Open in straight sets
Germany's Alexander Zverev celebrates his victory over U.S. player Sam Querrey during their 2021 U.S. Open Tennis tournament men's singles first round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Aug. 31, 2021.Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev ran his winning streak to 12 matches by beating Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 on Tuesday in the first round of the U.S. Open.
Djokovic plays his first-round match Tuesday night against Danish qualifier Holger Rune. The top-ranked Djokovic is trying to become the first men’s player since 1969 to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year. Zverev came as close as could be to winning his first major title last year in Flushing Meadows. He took the first two sets against Dominic Thiem before losing in a fifth-set tiebreaker, becoming the first player to lose the U.S. Open final after winning the first two sets since Frederick Schroeder in 1949.
“If a guy wins three majors in the same year and then is at the U.S. Open, you have to give him the favourite card,” Zverev said. “Because if not now, then when?”
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