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The German tennis player Alexander Zverev has moved into the final at the ATP tournament in Cologne.
The 23-year-old beat the Italian Jannik Sinner 7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 3.
Against the 19-year-old, Zverev was eliminated in the round of 16 at the French Open in early October.
On Sunday, Zverev will meet Diego Schwartzman or Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final from 7.30 p.m.
The game was up and down in the first set.Zverev was 1: 4 behind, then hit the set at 5: 4 and 6: 5, but missed both chances and received a warning by throwing clubs at the score of 5: 5 .
The German then dominated the tie-break from the start.
In the second set he took Sinner's first service game to 2-0.
At 4-2, Zverev's serve wobbled, but he brought it through and the match to the goal.
Zverev looked frustrated over parts of the match and loudly quarreled with the technology.
After the game, Zverev indicated that there were problems with the electronic line technology, the so-called Hawkeye.
"There were mistakes today. Even extreme ones when the ball was really out of bounds," he said.
Krawietz and Mies in the double final
"I don't know if you have to check the system after a week or two," said the native of Hamburg, who won the first tournament in the cathedral city last Sunday.
"It worked flawlessly in the first week. But in the last match I had the feeling that there were a few mistakes."
There was no comment from tournament officials in the evening.
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Kevin Krawietz (below) and Andreas Mies recently won the French Open, now they are in the final in Cologne
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The two-time French Open winners Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies will be in the double-finals from 4.30 p.m. on Sunday.
After the quarter-final victory against the Zverev brothers Alexander and Mischa, the best German double prevailed against New Zealander Marcus Daniell and Austrian Philipp Oswald 6: 4, 6: 3.
Opponents on Sunday are the South African Raven Klaasen and the Japanese Ben McLachlan.
In Cologne, for the first time in the history of the ATP Tour, two international professional tournaments will take place one after the other at the same venue.
In the final of the first tournament, Zverev had won in the final against Felix Auger-Aliassime.
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