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World No. 3 Alexander Zverev experienced an unnecessary deja vo at Wimbledon on Tuesday, losing in the opening round for the second time in his career at London’s All-England Lawn Tennis Club. Zverev held SEVE to force SEVE in the fourth set to win before Rinderknech responded with the biggest closeouts of career 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4.<\/p>\n
Lindernek, who hadn’t lost his serves throughout the game, lost 18 of the 25 games he played in 2025, with the 72nd ranked player doing his best in grass. He has a 2-16 career against top 10 opponents and is the only victory that will come against America’s Ben Shelton earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Zverev made a bad mistake beyond the baseline with a pass shot of serve 40-30 in the third game of the fifth set, breaking two points by Rinderknech after lifting shorts with a two-handed backhand try.<\/p>\n
Rinderknech easily got his serve with a 3-1 advantage in the final set. A few games later, Rinderknech’s Monster Forehand finished Zverev in the fifth game eighth of the game with a 5-3 lead.<\/p>\n
Zverev barely got the racket on Rinderknech’s proper return as the Wimbledon crowd cheered the underdogs loudly before the switch. With match point number 3, 5-4, Rinderknech scored the victory with the winner. Rinderknech previously won the match to win a tiebreaker forehanded errors from Zverev to open a fourth set of tiebreaks, including SWAT, who sailed widely by hitting netcodes. <\/p>\n
However, the 6-foot-6 German was not complete. 4-3 on the tiebreaker, Rinderknech forced a backhand and failed to keep his opponent in the match with the forehand after a long run from Zverev. Zverev scored a rally on his next serve before tying a tiebreak with five and taking a one-point lead with an ace that traveled 136 mph.<\/p>\n
Rinderknech lost a set of serves when the drop shot landed on the net, pushing the match up to five sets.<\/p>\n
Zverev said he was beginning to feel more comfortable on the surface of Wimbledon before the match.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t particularly like grass before, but I feel like I’ve played well on the surface over the last few years. I especially felt like I played the best tennis at Wimbledon last year, but unfortunately I was injured in the third round with Cam Norry.” “I hope this year doesn’t make a difference and hopefully I won’t get hurt. See how far I can go and what I can do at this point.”<\/p>\n
Zverev, who won the best finish at Wimbledon, features three four-round appearances, denounced the weather for inconsistent plays when he lost France’s Open Quarter Finals loss to Novak Djokovic earlier this summer.<\/p>\n
Zverev never won a Grand Slam and lost three times in each final, including the 2025 Australia Open. Zverev is 35-14 in this year’s singles match. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n