Alcaraz and Zverev win Vienna openers
Alcaraz and Zverev both needed tight straight-set and three-set wins, with Zverev saving four match points to stay in the year-end No. 1 race.
- On Tuesday, Carlos Alcaraz returned to the Vienna Open after five years, defeating Karen Khachanov 6-4, 7-6 in his opening match.
- The seven-time Grand Slam champion added this 500-level event to his schedule at short notice, having not competed in Vienna since 2021 following a wrist injury that sidelined him until August.
- "I really enjoyed it, even though I had to run, had to fight, had to sweat a lot," Alcaraz said after prevailing in a tight tie-break with a perfectly weighted drop shot.
- Alexander Zverev also advanced on Tuesday, surviving four match points to defeat Martin Landaluce in a three-hour-and-five-minute marathon encounter.
- Reaching the quarter-finals in Vienna would allow Zverev to claim the world number one ranking from injured Italian Jannik Sinner, keeping his year-end hopes alive.
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Alcaraz and Zverev win Vienna openers
World number three Alcaraz saw off the former eighth-ranked Russian 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) in their first-round meeting. The seven-time Grand Slam champion decided to add the 500-level event in the Austrian capital to his schedule at short notice, having not competed in it since 2021. Sidelined from mid-April to the end of August due to a wrist injury, Alcaraz has produced mixed results since his return, including a third-round exit at the Shanghai Mast…
Alexander Zverev, like Carlos Alcaraz, will be at the Vienna Stadthalle at the Erste Bank Open on Tuesday. And on Wednesday, the German will open at Marx Halle.
The Murcian contests the Austrian tournament for the second time
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The German Alexander Zverev cancels four match points at the Spanish Martin Landaluce and after more than three hours of play wins at the debut in Vienna's ATP 500, approaching the number 1 ATP: the Teutonic is again a single victory from the top to the ranking against Jannik Sinner. The occasion had already presented itself [...]
LIVE Vienna Open | Carlos Alcaraz returns to action again against Karen Khachanov
Carlos Alcaraz will be in action on Tuesday afternoon at the 2026 Vienna Open and will face off against Karen Khachanov. This on an afternoon that also sees the top player in tennis right now in Alexander Zverev face Martin Landaluce, Cameron Norrie, Paul v Rublev and Cobolli v Dimitrov.
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