Olympic tennis champion Alexander Zverev has reached the third round at the Masters in Indian Wells.
The 24-year-old from Hamburg won his duel with the American Jenson Brooksby on Sunday 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 1 and now meets the British Andy Murray.
The three-time Grand Slam champion had previously prevailed against Carlos Alcaraz from Spain 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 2.
“Of course, tennis wasn't my greatest achievement.
But I won, that's the main thing, "Zverev told Sky TV.
The second-round win against Brooksby is enough for Zverev to participate again in the season finale, which was held in Turin in November. “It's the first time in Turin, I've been to London four times. London is special to me because I've already won there. But I like to play in Italy, I won my first Masters in Rome, ”said Zverev after the win on Sunday. In 2018 Zverev won the ATP Finals in London.
Zverev is the last remaining German in the field at the $ 8.76 million hard court tournament in California.
Jan-Lennard Struff lost in the second round to the Italian Fabio Fognini, who was 25th, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6.
Philipp Kohlschreiber, Daniel Altmaier and Dominik Koepfer had previously been eliminated from the ATP tournament.
In the women's field, Angelique Kerber is the last remaining German in the field.