Germany’s tennis star Alexander Zverev will return to defend his title at the Hamburg European Open in 2024. The competition will be played in the summer.
The development was confirmed by the 26-year-old in a statement where he expressed his excitement to be playing in the competition once again. “I'm so excited to come back. It's a very special place for me," he said: "Hamburg is my birthplace, and this is where I started playing tennis."
In the 2023 edition, the Hamburg-born went on to win the title after beating Serbia’s Laslo Djere in the final with a score of 7-5, 6-3. It was one of his two ATP titles this year. The other title came in Chengdu where he defeated Russia’s Roman Safiullin in the final with a score of 6-7, 7-6, 6-3.
Zverev had an impressive end to his 2023 campaign where he took part in the ATP Finals in Turin. He ended up failing to qualify for the semifinal despite winning two out of the three matches. He defeated Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the first group match of the tournament with a score of 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.
He then went on the get the better of Russia’s Andrey Rublev in straight sets as well with a score of 6-4, 6-4. His only defeat in the competition came against the world number three Daniil Medvedev who won in straight sets with a score of 7-6, 6-4.
World number eight Denmark’s Holger Rune has also been confirmed as a participant in the Hamburg European Open in 2024.
3 - Alexander Zverev has made his third consecutive semi-finals at the French Open. Since 2010 he is sixth men's player to make three consecutive semi-finals at this tournament after Stan Wawrinka, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem and Andy Murray. Quality.…
