Alexander Zverev loses to Tallon Griekspoor in Indian Wells second round
Topic:Tennis
6m ago6 minutes agoSat 8 Mar 2025 at 12:28am
Tallon Griekspoor celebrates defeating Alexander Zverev.
Tallon Griekspoor celebrates after defeating Alexander Zverev in three sets. (Getty Images: Joe Scarnici)
In short:
Tallon Griekspoor defeated Alexander Zverev 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4) in the second round at Indian Wells.
Australia's Alexei Popyrin triumphed against Zizou Bergs 7-6 (7/4), 7-5.
Elena Rybakina posted a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Suzan Lamens.
Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor has upset top seed and Australian Open runner-up Alexander Zverev in a marathon second-round clash at Indian Wells in California.
Griekspoor collapsed in jubilation after converting his sixth match point to win 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4) after three hours and seven minutes on Stadium One court.
"I'm incredibly proud. It was such a mental battle to beat him," Griekspoor said after the match.
"I beat him once but then lost the next six times, so it was such a mental thing.
"I'm happy to finally get it out of the way."
Zverev served for the match in the second set but was unable to get over the line.
Griekspoor edged the world number two in the second-set tiebreaker to force a decider.
He failed to convert five match points at 6-5 in the third set but regrouped to win the deciding tiebreak.
It was Griekspoor's first win over a top-five opponent in 19 attempts.
Griekspoor will face France's 29th seed Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the third round.
Among other results in the men's draw, 26th-seeded Australian Alexei Popyrin defeated Belgian Zizou Bergs 7-6 (7/4), 7-5.
Popyrin will play either fourth seed Casper Ruud or Marcos Giron in the third round.
His fellow Australian Chris O'Connell lost in straight sets to 28th seed Matteo Berrettini, 6-2, 7-6 (7/2).
Meanwhile, seventh-seeded Elena Rybakina eased through to the third round of the women's draw with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands.
Reuters/ABC
Posted6m ago6 minutes agoSat 8 Mar 2025 at 12:28am
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