“I don’t know what Italians eat”

Alexander Zverev confidently solved a compulsory task at the Masters 1000 tournament in Rome and reached the round of XNUMX. After his victory against an Italian surprise man, he was amazed in the interview.

12 Maj 2024

From: dpa/fop

The Olympic champion from Germany beat 22-year-old Luciano Darderi (ATP 54) 7:6 (7:3), 6:2 in the third round on Sunday evening and was able to rely on his strong serve, among other things. Zverev only had to fend off one breakball in the game and defeated the world number 54. after a total of 1:47 hours.

“He’s young, he’s up and coming. “I don’t know what the Italians get to eat, they have a lot of strong young players,” joked Zverev, also alluding to Jannik Sinner’s jump to second place in the world rankings.

Darderi leaves no stone unturned

In the first set, outsider Darderi fought back as best he could, and it was only after more than an hour that Zverev took the lead with a successful forehand volley. With the first break to make it 3-1, the 27-year-old made the preliminary decision a little later. Zverev is also the favorite in the round of the best 16: The Hamburger will meet the Portuguese Nuno Borges, who defeated Francesco Passaro from Italy 4:6, 7:6 (10:8), 7:6 (7:4).