French Open 2020: Zverev madness! German tennis star is lucky - and delivers scandal

At the French Open, Alexander Zverev meets a dangerous Frenchman in the second round.

He escapes an embarrassment, but delivers a small scandal.

• The

  2020

  French Open

  will

  take place from September 27th to October 11th.

• The German participants

  Alexander Zverev

  ,

  Jan-Lennard Struff, Daniel Altmaier,

  Laura Siegemund

  and

  Julia Görges

  are still there.

• We follow what is happening in the

  live ticker

  .

>>> UPDATE <<<

Sascha Survives 😅 @ AlexZverev escapes Herbert 2-6 6-4 7-6 (5) 4-6 6-4 in just under four hours. # RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/5bvhEitvnr

- Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) September 30, 2020

Zverev - Herbert 6: 4:

Praise decides the match!

Over four hours have been played, but Zverev holds out and wins!

Zverev - Herbert 5: 4:

Break!

Zverev - Herbert: 5: 3: But

now, Sascha!

Suddenly he is very close to getting ahead.

Serving for match ...

Zverev - Herbert 3: 2:

What a thriller here!

Herbert is so strong - the Frenchman comes back here impressively and takes the second game in a row.

Again there were discussions with the referee.

Zverev has to bite now.

Zverev - Herbert 3: 0:

Zverev has probably pulled Herbert's tooth now.

The French are making more and more mistakes.

Zverev - Herbert 1: 0:

What is he doing now?

Zverev has a break ball against him at the beginning of the decisive set.

If there is a controversial ball, he climbs over the net and discusses with the opponent and the referee whether he was in or out.

There are whistles from the few spectators here - no, Sascha.

That wasn't very sovereign.

But it is having an effect: Zverev is getting the game - and has probably thrown his opponent a little off the beaten track.

Drama baby

😱 #RolandGarros #Zverev pic.twitter.com/8IHvOBZ1nM

- Eurosport DE (@Eurosport_DE) September 30, 2020

Zverev - Herbert 4: 6:

Madness!

It's 2: 2, we need a decision sentence.

Zverev - Herbert 1: 4:

That doesn't look good for Alexander Zverev again.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert leads 4: 1 in the fourth set.

French Open in the live ticker: Zverev takes third set

Zverev - Herbert 7: 6:

Come on!

Zverev still gets the third sentence, nerves fluttered tremendously on both sides.

But it went well again for the German.

Zverev - Herbert 6: 6 (1: 3)

: Eieiei, Sascha!

What are you doing here?

The third set goes into the tiebreak, Herbert leads 3: 1 and serves.

Zverev - Herbert 3: 4

- The Frenchman wins the difficult seventh game in the third set.

Everything in sequence.

The decision in the third sentence is approaching.

French Open in the live ticker: Alexander Zverev equalizes

Zverev - Herbert 6: 4

- Zverev brings five games in a row and creates the 1: 1 set compensation.

What a turning point.

Zverev - Herbert 5: 4

- Zverev has arrived in the match.

The German gets the next break and immediately serves to win the set.

Zverev - Herbert 3: 4

- Zverev managed his first break in the match and shortened.

Everything open again in the second sentence.

Zverev - Herbert 1: 3

- Zverev conceded the next break.

The German is currently at a loss and can’t do much to counter the French’s game.

Skills on display on Chatrier 😏 @ AlexZverev #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/z4yPsV4Rqj

- Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) September 30, 2020

French Open in the live ticker: Alexander Zverev has no chance in the first set

Zverev - Herbert 2: 6

- It comes as it had to: Zverev breaks for the second time and makes the first sentence.

Zverev - Herbert 1: 4

- Zverev is on the scoreboard, but now needs a break in order not to lose the first set.

Zverev - Herbert 0: 2

- Zverev conceded an early break and ran after a deficit at the beginning of the match.

Update from September 30th, 4:29 p.m.:

It

in a few minutes.

and

are on the court and are fighting.

Update from September 30, 2:33 p.m.:

For

, the trip to the

over.

In the duel with

, the German finally had to admit defeat - the Swiss was too strong.

Koepfer lost

So all eyes are now on Germany's number one:

is the

clear favorite

against

.

The match is currently scheduled for 4.15 p.m. - the game will be played on Center Court

French Open: Alexander Zverev and Dominik Koepfer in action in round two

Update from September 30, 11:45 a.m.:

On Wednesday, it will be the turn of the German men again at the French Open.

and

play their second round match.

First of all, Koepfer hits: At

he meets none other than the former French Open champion

.

The Swiss triumphed in Paris in 2015.

In the first round there was already a top duel with

- Wawrinka gave the Scot no chance in three sets.

defeated the American

in round one

.

Check out this post on Instagram

Locked in!

Into Round 2💪🏼🇫🇷☃️ #paris #win #rolandgarros #wintertime 📸Paul Zimmer

A post shared by Dominik Koepfer (@ dominik.koepfer) on Sep 27, 2020 at 11:54 am PDT

Later in the afternoon,

his second round match against Frenchman

.

It is "only" number 78 in the world rankings, but it is by no means harmless.

In 2018 he won

the double title in Roland Garros

alongside

.

The match starts at

earliest

French Open 2020: Julia Görges reaches round two - German duel is on

Update from September 29th, 8:35 p.m.:

The second German participant ensured the second victory of the day in the women's individual tournament.

able to

prevail

against the number 19 American

and reached the second round of the Grans Slam tournament.

In

7 (4: 7) 6: 1, the 31-year-old Bad Oldesloerin was their opening game as opposed to Angelique Kerber, Andrea Petkovic, Anna-Lena Friedsam and Tamara Korpatsch to Görges claimed 6: 6 3

.

Görges needed 2:17 hours for her success, it was only her second match since the Corona break.

Now in the

a

with Laura Siegemund, who won against the French Kristina Mladenovic and moved into the second round.

However, her victory was accompanied by a bland aftertaste, as the 32-year-old received a

in a crucial situation

(see update from 4.30 p.m.).

Julia Goerges defeats Alison Riske 63 67 61 and will face Laura Siegemund in 2R.

# RG20

- WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) September 29, 2020

French Open: accusations of cheating for Siegemund after a strong comeback

Update from September 29, 4.30 p.m.:

Shortly after Philipp Kohlschreiber left the first round of the French Open,

was the first German player to reach the second round of the tournament.

The 32-year-old prevailed

against the French

in

(7: 5, 6: 3) - she was 1: 5 behind in the first set before she blocked seven set balls.

There was criticism, however, because Siegemund

a ball over the net

at the

, but it had already

on the sand

.

Mladenovic ran into the net after a compliant return, with which Siegemund got the point well written.

The failure of the German player stayed with the referee

, even the player himself

why the 32-year-olds in the social media dishonest behavior and

are accused.

Laura Siegemund saved seven points to win the first set, 7-5, over Kiki Mladenovic, but did the German * truly * earn the comeback?

A missed call and lack of sportsmanship would suggest otherwise.

Passport to #RolandGarros // https://t.co/wJ0wjjpH1b pic.twitter.com/hKWdfZaz2W

- TENNIS (@Tennis) September 29, 2020

After a little over two hours, the Filderstadt native used her

.

Angelique Kerber, Andrea Petkovic, Anna-Lena Friedsam and Tamara Korpatsch lost their opening games, on Tuesday evening

the chance to move into the second round of the Grand Slam tournament against the American Alison Riske.

French Open: The German participants in the Grand Slam tournament - Kohlschreiber ensures another first-round debacle

Update from September 29th, 4:00 p.m.:

After

embarrassing departure

against 19-year-old Kaja Juvan, there was the next German final round.

had to admit defeat to Cristian Garin in four sets (4: 6, 6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4).

However, the Augsburg man drew

a difficult opponent

with the

Chilean seeded

.

It took almost

for Garin to transform his first match point in the form of a too long return by Kohlschreiber.

The German had

with drizzle and a soft place

and lost the first set after a double fault.

In the second set he asserted himself 6: 4 before losing the thread and giving the last two sets to his opponent.

Kohlschreiber

from the German men's quintet to

fail

in the

the Grand Slam tournament.

French Open: A German top player fails - is Kohlschreiber drawing level?

Update from September 29th, 10:00 a.m.:

Three German tennis professionals have the chance to move into the second round in Paris on Tuesday.

Women in particular urgently need success.

The focus is also on the

doubles

, which

sensationally won the title

at the

last year

.

Four games, four defeats - so far it has not yet run for the German women in Paris.

Germany's best tennis player

embarrassed herself on Monday in the first round against a teenager.

In

and

, two players have the chance to polish up the balance on Tuesday.

Siegemund meets local hero Kristina Mladenovic on Center Court.

After her Grand Slam triumph in doubles at the US Open, the Swabian traveled to Paris with a lot of self-confidence.

Things look completely different with Görges before their game against Alison Riske from the USA.

The 31-year-old had renounced the trip to New York and was eliminated in Rome in the first round.

The record for the men is completely different.

So far, all German men are one round further.

In addition to

and

,

also survived

the opening hurdle

in five sets against the American Frances Tiafoe and

in three sets against the Spaniard Feliciano Lopez and meet in the second round in a direct duel.

It

remains to be seen

whether veteran

can build on this.

The 36-year-old Augsburg had bad luck with the draw again and had a tough opponent in the Chilean Cristian Garin.

and

are back in Paris.

Last year, the duo surprisingly won the title in the doubles competition.

“We're really happy to be back in Paris,” said Mies before the first-round game against the two Kazakhs Alexander Bublik and Michail Kukuschkin.

Check out this post on Instagram

Happy with the win today in a very though match @rolandgarros 🔥🔥🔥 #NeverQuit 📸: Clive Brunskill

A post shared by Jan-Lennard Struff (@jl_struff) on Sep 28, 2020 at 1:46 AM PDT

First report from September 28th:

Paris -

almost created a sensation

at the US Open

and was defeated by

in the finals only very close in the tie-break after five sets.

This time, however, things should go better for the 23-year-old, because the French Open * will start from scratch again.

But not only Alexander Zverev, who found it difficult to win the first round match against Austrian Dennis Novak (7: 5, 6: 2, 6: 4), represents Germany in the traditional tournament.

French Open: The German participants and their opponents - Zverev and Koepfer already in round two

In the

, Zverev and other German players are in the first round:

will

face the

American Frances Tiafoe on Monday, and

meet the Spaniard Feliciano López a

little later

.

On Tuesday,

the last German to start the first round, will be up against the Chilean Cristian Garín.

All Smiles for Sascha 😁

Zverev closes out play on Chatrier with a 7-5 6-2 6-4 win over Dennis Novak. # RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/7f6t7yVlAz

- Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) September 27, 2020

Like Zverev,

prevailed against local hero Antoine Hoang in four sets in the first round (6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 1 6: 1) and will meet Swiss

on Wednesday

.

French Open: five German participants in the women's singles left - Kerber against Juvan

The

Federal Republic is also well represented in the

.

So occurs

on Monday against Tsvetana Pironkova in the first round, later is

against the American Amanda Anisimova.

sets the German final point on Monday

with her first-round match Kaja Juvan (from 1:50 p.m. in the ticker).

On Tuesday there will be

the next Franco-German duel

between

and Kristina Mladenovic,

after which

against the American Alison Riske for the second round.

had to

goodbye

already in the first round, she was defeated by Belarusian

in three sets with 6: 2, 2: 6 and 6: 3.

.... current relationship status with clay: it's promising 😅🤷‍♀️ @rolandgarros #TeamAngie pic.twitter.com/ewrEfdozQD

- Angelique Kerber (@AngeliqueKerber) September 24, 2020

A total of

are still

in the tournament and are hoping for their title chances (as of Monday, 10.30 a.m.).

For Angelique Kerber and Alexander Zverev in particular, the tournament is a chance for a major title in a

.

French Open 2020: When will the German participants play?

Ladies singles:

Men's singles: