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Debutant narrowly misses Zverev duel
The German-Lebanese shows an impressive match at his premiere. He challenges world-class player Coric for two and a half hours.
The German-Lebanese tennis professional Benjamin Hassan narrowly missed a surprise and a possible duel with Olympic champion Alexander Zverev on his Masters debut.
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The 29-year-old lost to Croatian Borna Coric 7:6 (7:5), 5:7, 3:6 at the clay court tournament in Madrid. Hassan, number 159 in the world rankings, made his way into the main draw through qualification.
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Hassan plays for Lebanon in the Davis Cup
“I play tennis to have fun. That’s why I started,” Hassan said in October when he made it into the main round of an ATP tournament for the first time in Stockholm. Since then, the performance curve of the right-hander, who was born in Neuwied and plays in the Davis Cup for Lebanon (his parents’ country of birth), has shown a clear upward trend.
At the prestigious Masters in Indian Wells in March, Hassan narrowly missed out on making it into the main draw by losing to the Japanese Shintaro Mochizuki – he defeated him in two sets in the final qualifying round on Tuesday in the Spanish capital. Against Coric, ranked 34th in the world, he had to admit defeat after 2:34 hours.