Tallon Griekspoor upset No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) in a second-round match at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday.<\/p>\n
The loss came eight days after Zverev also was the top seed when he was upset by American teenager Learner Tien 6-3, 6-4 in Acapulco, Mexico.<\/p>\n
The Zverev-Griekspoor match lasted 3 hours, 7 minutes. Griekspoor collapsed on the court after converting his sixth match point for his first win over an opponent ranked in the top five.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old from the Netherlands improved to 2-6 against Zverev, currently ranked No. 2.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was such a mental thing. I lost to him five times last year and had absolute heartbreak at Roland Garros where I was up a double break in the fifth,\u201d Griekspoor said. \u201cI played so many battles against him and had chances but they all went his way. I am incredibly proud of myself from this performance and to get it over the line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Griekspoor, ranked No. 43, will face Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the third round.<\/p>\n
Zverev trails Jannik Sinner in the rankings. He will remain at No. 2 even if No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz defends his Indian Wells title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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