Geneva: Germany’s Alexander Zverev captured his first title of the season with a see-saw 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (10-8) victory in Geneva Open final over Chile’s Nicolas Jarry, who had two match points but came up just short.
The championship match at this clay-court tennis event on Saturday was marred by two long rain delays before the fifth-ranked Zverev finally clinched the win in two hours and 37 minutes, reports Efe news.
“It was a very tough match. He was playing aggressively, serving big and hitting everything he can,” Zverev was quoted as saying afterward on the ATP Tour’s Web site. “I thought I was in control until the rain came, but I’m happy to find a way. I felt it could have gone either way.”
Zverev, who won the elite, season-ending ATP Finals last November and appeared poised for a possible run at a maiden Grand Slam title and the No. 1 ranking in 2019, is back in the winner’s circle after a long title drought and some early-season struggles.
He has failed to reach the semifinals of any of the big tournaments this season and had come up short in his only other championship match this year, losing to mercurial Australian Nick Kyrgios in the Mexican Open final in early March. IANS
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