Paris (AFP) - Top-seeded Alexander Zverev was overwhelmed in his first match in the Munich ATP tournament by 18-year-old Dane Holger Rune 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday.
The German, ranked third in the world had been given a bye in the first round of a tournament he won in 2017, 2018, but only lasted in 1 hour 39 minutes in his second-roud match against the 70th-ranked Rune.
"He's in the top three in the world and has been playing some unbelievable tennis," Rune said in his on-court interview.
"I obviously didn't expect to win in two sets, and with a score like this.But it was a really hard match, we played a lot of rallies and I'm really happy about my performance."
Rune broke in the second game to lead 3-0.At 5-3 he had six set points.He squandered four set points on unforced errors in the ninth game.Then Zverev saved the fifth with a winner, before Rune converted the sixth by putting away a volley.
Rune again broke at once in the second set and broke again to lead 5-1.
While Rune had won the opening match in each of his last for tournaments, this was the first time this year he had won two matches in a row at an ATP event.
It was also the first time he had beaten a Top 10 player.
Rune, who turns 19 on Friday, will meet either Finn Emil Ruusuvuori, ranked 63rd in the world, or American Maxime Cressy, ranked 65th, in the quarter-finals.
