Zverev

Holger Rune produced a high-class all-court performance against top seed Alexander Zverev at the BMW Open by American Express, breaking the big-serving ...

An early break in the second set piled the pressure on Zverev and Rune appeared unaffected by the prospect of taking out the top seed. Although Zverev found his feet after a slow start, Rune fended off two break points before converting his sixth set point in a marathon ninth game to take the set. It was really exhausting but I tried to give the audience a great match because Zverev is an unbelievable player, so thank you very much for the support.” Prior to Wednesday’s loss, home favourite Zverev had not failed to reach the quarter-finals in Munich in his past five appearances, a streak that included lifting back-to-back trophies in the Bavarian city in 2017 and 2018. “I enjoyed it," said Rune as he addressed the crowd. But it was a really hard match, we played a lot of rallies and I’m really happy about my performance today.”