Zverev passed Arnaldi’s scare and will seek to take revenge on Fran Cerú in Toronto

Exercising at most favorite to the title for the absences of Jannik Sinner (1st) and Carlos Alcaraz (2nd), the German Alexander Zverev (3rd) did not hesitate and He fulfilled his leading role against the Italian Matteo Arnaldi (41º), qualifying with some shocks for the round of 16 of Canada’s 1000 Mastersthat this year makes its male edition in Toronto.

“Sascha”, three times a finalist of Grand Slam and 24 times proclaimed at ATP level, faced a day full of ups and downs: he looked uncoordinated and erratically with his setback, his most reliable impact, but After giving up the first set in tie-breaker He turned the page, his repertoire flowed more naturally And the story ended by playing a spectacular tennis with which he signed the board 6-7 (5), 6-3 and 6-2.

With a total of 34 winning shots and 36 non -forced errorsthe German, temperamental tennis player and with his classic changes of emotions during the game, He could defeat the consistency and regularity of the born in San Remosemifinalist of 2024, which over the minutes was gaining presence in the game rectangle and became a difficult stumbling block.

The hierarchy however prevailed this time, and Zverev, former 2 of the planet and gold medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, achieved an important triumph that, added to the celebration with laughter of the first round against the Australian Adam Walton, classifies it for the round of 16.

His next opponent will not be one more, because on the other side of the network will be the Argentine Francisco Cerú (24th)his great black beast of the circuit: he defeated him in the three confrontations disputed and arrives on the rise after eliminating his friend Tomás Etcheverry (60º) in corridos sets.

The albiceleste, recently semifinalist in Bastad and eliminated in the first round of Umag, He feels comfortable and has the manual of how to play at the born in Hamburgfor which he will try to repeat what was done in Madrid 2024 and 2025 and in Buenos Aires 2025.

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