The German tennis player Alexander Zverev beat the Frenchman Ugo Humbert yesterday in the final of the Paris Masters 1000 with a double 6/2, a demonstration of strength by the new number 2 in the ATP ranking.
Por ABC Color
November 4, 2024 – 01:00
The German spoiled the expected French party at the farewell of the Bercy pavilion, the scene in which the history of the Parisian tournament on hard surfaces was forged.
Zverev, 27, thus added the seventh Masters 1000 title of his career (the second this year after Rome), the most prestigious category behind the Grand Slam.
After this 23rd title of his career, the German is guaranteed to reach number 2 in the ATP ranking today, to the detriment of the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, who had deprived him of the title months ago at Roland Garros, also in Paris. Humbert (18), Alcaraz’s executioner in the round of 16, thus lost his first Masters 1000 final, a victim of accumulated fatigue.
Swiatek returns to the slopes
The Polish Iga Swiatek, world number 2, returned to the tennis courts yesterday after two months of absence with a comeback against the Czech Barbora Krejcikova (13th) by 4/6, 7/5 and 6/2 in Riyadh, in her start in the women’s Masters.
In the other match of the first day of the Orange Group, the American Coco Gauff (3rd) did not have excessive complications to beat her compatriot Jessica Pegula (6th), runner-up in the Masters last year, in two sets, 6/3 and 6/2.
“It hasn’t been easy at all. At first I was a little rusty, but then I was able to find my way of playing and I was more solid,” Swiatek admitted. The 23-year-old Pole, who took a break during the recent Asian tour for “personal reasons” and recently changed coaches, was playing for the first time since her US Open quarterfinal loss in early September.
2024-11-04 08:33:00