Tennis Olympic champion Alexander Zverev surprisingly dropped out in the quarterfinals of the Masters in Indian Wells against the American Taylor Fritz. The world number four completely lost the thread at the end of the game, missed two match points and was defeated by the Californian 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 7 (3: 7).
Against number 39 in the world rankings, it was only the second defeat for Zverev since Wimbledon was eliminated in early summer. Since then he had only lost to Novak Djokovic at the US Open.
After a big fight: Taylor Fritz is in the semi-finals of Indian Wells
Source: AFP / Sean M. Haffey
Tsitsipas also failed surprisingly
Fritz will now face Nikolos Bassilashvili in the semifinals. The Georgian had unexpectedly won against the world number three, Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4. In the other semi-final of the $ 8.76 million hard court tournament in California, Bulgarians Grigor Dimitrov and Cameron Norrie from Great Britain face each other.
German hopes for women were also buried in the quarter-finals. Angelique Kerber was the highest seeded remaining player in the round of the last eight, but she lost to Paula Badosa from Spain after 86 minutes 4-6, 5-7. With that, Kerber’s chances of still making it to the WTA finals dwindled.
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