Alexander Zverev suffers first round defeat at German Open
Tuesday 12 July 2016 18:33, UK
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev has crashed out of the German Open after a straight sets defeat to Inigo Cervantes.
The German teenager reached the third round at Wimbledon, but endured an early exit at the clay event in Hamburg after a 7-5 7-6 defeat to Cervantes.
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In a break-filled match, Zverev let a 4-2 lead slip away while dropping the first set to the Spaniard, ranked at world No 82.
He was then dragged into a second set tie-breaker and had no answer to a string of accurate ground strokes as Cervantes wrapped up victory in an hour and 40 minutes.
Top seed Philipp Kohlschreiber was given a scare before he battled back to complete a 6-3 6-7 6-3 win over Argentina's Carlos Berlocq.
But second seed Benoit Paire also fell in the first round after he was beaten 7-5 3-6 6-4 by Daniel Gimeno-Traver.
Watch day two of the German Open on Wednesday, starting at 10am on Sky Sports 3.
