This was a golden opportunity for Alexander Zverev<\/a> to have a strong run at a Masters 1000 event,\u00a0but he was given a tough test right from the start.<\/p>\n The Canadian Open<\/a> is the first tournament for Zverev since losing to Arthur Rinderknech<\/a> at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n The German commenced his campaign against Adam Walton and the contest began with a tight tiebreaker, which included an exhausting 52-shot rally.<\/p>\n Zverev prevailed both in that point and the second to claim a 7-6, 6-4 win, during which he dropped just three points behind his first serve.<\/p>\n The 28-year-old said he felt comfortable playing at night, compared to during the day where he thinks the court conditions in Canada are significantly different.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe conditions here are, you know, very different during the day and during the night,\u201d Zverev told reporters post-match.<\/p>\n \u201cDuring the day it\u2019s so fast. I mean, it\u2019s ridiculous. In practice I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve had longer than a four-shot rally in the past week.<\/p>\n \u201cBut at night it\u2019s playable and it\u2019s comfortable. Of course it was a very important moment, a very important point for me. And, yeah, lucky to get through in the first set and finish it off in two.\u201d<\/p>\n Zverev has earned a spot in the round of 32 where he will take on Matteo Arnaldi.<\/p>\n The Italian is the 32nd seed in Toronto and he defeated Tristan Schoolkate in three sets to set up his second match against Zverev.<\/p>\n The three-time Grand Slam runner-up won their first encounter and he aims to raise his game and produce a more solid performance against Arnaldi.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes it\u2019s about winning a match, [despite] not always playing your best,\u201d Zverev said about his next opponent. \u201cI know it wasn\u2019t the prettiest match, for sure, but I haven\u2019t played a match in four weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cI took some time off, which I needed also for myself. I\u2019m happy to be playing again. Tomorrow is another day and I hope I will be better tomorrow.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev began the 2025 Canadian Open with a victory under the lights. The German has endured a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[12082,430,28389,99,428],"class_list":["post-48613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-atp","tag-canadian-open","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Alexander](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2226993585-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Mathew Tsang\/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesAlexander Zverev explains the difference in court conditions during the day and night in Canada<\/p>\n![\"Matteo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2226886373-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Marleen Fouchier\/BSR Agency\/Getty ImagesWho is Alexander Zverev\u2019s next opponent?<\/p>\n