Alexander Zverev has returned to motion for the primary time since struggling a severe damage on the French Open when he appeared on the Diriyah Cup in Saudi Arabia.
The German former world No.2 tore his ankle ligaments in a horrific fall towards Rafael Nadal in June of their Paris semi-final.
Zverev, 25, limbered up on the match in Riyadh which has attracted a bunch of the world’s finest males gamers, together with Australian Nick Kyrgios, with a first-round win over Dominic Thiem in a match performed because the best-of-three, first-to-10-points tiebreaks.
Later on Thursday, he then took on Russian world No.7 Daniil Medvedev and fell to a 6-4 6-0 defeat.
British No.1 Cameron Norrie accounted for Wimbledon runner-up Kyrgios 10-6 10-6 in spherical one after which beat prime seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-4 to achieve the semi-finals.
