Zverev wins his first round at Rio with difficulty
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Alexander Zverev faced Yunchaokete Bu in the first round of the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro.
While at first sight it seemed a relatively easy match for the German, the reality was quite different.
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The match had started well for Zverev, who broke early in the first set.
He was then broken twice and Bu served for the set, even earning a set point.
Unfortunately for the Chinese player, Zverev was able to make up the deficit and win the tie-break.
The second set was better controlled by the German, which he won 6-4, for a final score of 7-6, 6-4.
He will now face Alexander Shevchenko in the second round, and will need to raise his game to make life easier in a tournament played in extreme conditions (over thirty degrees every day and high humidity).
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