{"id":311575,"date":"2023-04-20T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/20\/birthday-boy-alexander-zverev-knocked-out-in-munich-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:44:11","slug":"birthday-boy-alexander-zverev-knocked-out-in-munich-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/20\/birthday-boy-alexander-zverev-knocked-out-in-munich-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday boy Alexander Zverev knocked out in Munich | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-99646002,imgsize-47624.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happytrips.com\/topic\/munich\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-MUNICH-https:\/\/www.happytrips.com\/topic\/munich\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">MUNICH<\/a> (Germany): <!-- -->Alexander Zverev<!-- --> was dumped out in the last 16 of the <!-- -->ATP tournament<!-- --> in Munich, suffering a straight sets defeat to <!-- -->Christopher O&#8217;Connell<!-- --> on Thursday.<br \/>Competing on home soil, Zverev lost 7-6 (7\/2), 6-4 to the Australian, who is ranked 82nd in the world.<br \/>O&#8217;Connell converted his first match point just short of the two-hour mark to make it through to the last eight.<br \/>Zverev took the court on his 26th birthday, a day later than planned after rain postponed the last 16 clash from Wednesday.<br \/>In cold temperatures, the 16th-ranked Zverev took time to warm up, losing serve early in the first set.<br \/>A strong home support cheering on helped the Hamburg native fight back to force a tiebreak, but he made a number of errors close to the net as he fell behind.<br \/>Zverev broke back late in the second to level at 4-4, but lost the following two games to lose the set and the match.<br \/>Top seed <!-- -->Holger Rune<!-- --> eliminated <!-- -->Yannick Hanfmann<!-- --> also in straight sets earlier on Thursday.<br \/>Rune, up to a career-high ranking of seventh after reaching the Monte Carlo final last week, shrugged off the cold weather as he advanced 6-3, 6-4.<br \/>&#8220;I&#8217;m from Denmark,&#8221; 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