{"id":44575,"date":"2025-08-05T05:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T05:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/44575\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T05:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T05:34:08","slug":"alexei-popyrins-canadian-open-defence-ends-in-quarterfinal-loss-to-alexander-zverev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/44575\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexei Popyrin’s Canadian Open defence ends in quarterfinal loss to Alexander Zverev"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexei Popyrin’s defence of the Canadian Open title has ended in the quarterfinals, with the Australian defeated by German top seed Alexander Zverev in three sets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Popyrin, who became the first Australian to win an ATP Masters 1000 tournament at last year’s event<\/a>, took the opening set before Zverev rallied.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The German, who lost to top-ranked Jannik Sinner in the final at this year’s Australian Open and made the French Open quarterfinal, not only overcame Popyrin but also a heckling fan late in the contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After Zverev hit the winning point, he turned to the heckler and waved, saying “bye-bye”, before meeting Popyrin at the net to shake his hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Popyrin took the first set when his gentle backhand volley after a long rally grazed the top of the net and dropped for the winning point \u2014 much to the delight of his fans.<\/p>\n

Zverev responded by immediately firing a ball completely out of the stadium in frustration, but quickly regrouped to go up 2-0 in the second set.<\/p>\n

Popyrin grabbed a break of his own before holding serve at 4-4. Zverev, who won the Canadian title in Montreal eight years ago when he defeated childhood idol Roger Federer, took a 5-4 lead and then again broke his opponent to even the match.<\/p>\n

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Ousted at the quarterfinal stage of last year’s tournament, Zverev got another break to go up 2-0 in the third set before serving out the match.<\/p>\n

Zverev has two tournament wins on clay this year, and is the highest-ranked player competing in the Toronto field.<\/p>\n

The German, the 2017 tournament champion, will face 11th seed Karen Khachanov in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

Australia’s number-one-ranked male player, Alex de Minaur, will face American Ben Shelton tomorrow morning, AEST, in his quarterfinal.<\/p>\n

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