Right Struff topples ailing world No 3 Alexander Zverev
Player ranked 55th in the world notched his first victory over world No3 in five tries
Indian Wells — Ailing world No 3 Alexander Zverev crashed out of the ATP Indian Wells Masters, where Novak Djokovic’s third-round match was suspended by rain with one game completed. Jan-Lennard Struff, ranked 55th in the world, notched his first victory over Zverev in five tries, breaking him once in the first set and three times in the second for a 6-3 6-1 victory. “I’ve been sick for a week,” said the 21-year-old Zverev, who lost the Acapulco final to Australian Nick Kyrgios the week before Indian Wells began. “That hasn’t changed, unfortunately. I think I just got unlucky, I got a virus somewhere and that’s how it is.” Zverev, the owner of three Masters 1000 titles who has never made it to the quarterfinals at Indian Wells, said he will now focus on recuperating and preparing for the Miami Masters, where he will be hoping to improve on his runner-up finish to John Isner in 2018. “Now it’s about getting healthy and about recovering and preparing myself for Miami, because Miami is...
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