VIDEO. Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Arthur Fils wins his second title against Zverev in Hamburg just before the Games

Le Fran̤ais a remport̩ son premier ATP 500. dpa РFrank Molter

l'essentiel Le Français Arthur Fils (28e mondial) a remporté le deuxième titre de sa carrière en battant Alexander Zverev (4e) en finale du tournoi ATP 500 de Hambourg 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 [1], dimanche 21 juillet.

This success, against the man who will defend his Olympic singles title in Paris, will allow Arthur Fils, also selected for the JO 2024, to compete in the Olympic singles title. enter the world top 20 for the first time on Monday in the ATP rankings, where he will become the French No.2. Zverev, who was chasing a 23rd title but only made one of the 22 break points he got on Sunday, will remain in 4th place.

In the first set, Fils took his opponent by the throat, stealing his first service game. At 4-2, he had a hot moment being led 0-40 on his side. But he maintained his commitment by winning the next five points, before pocketing the first round in 49 minutes.

There was indeed a reaction from Zverev in the second set, where the German, in front of his audience and in the city where he was born, finally managed to take the Frenchman's serve at 3-2. After sixteen first balls saved by Fils, he managed to exploit the 17th, and then raised his arms as if he had won the match!

His first victory against Zverev

Despite a break point obtained by the Frenchman in the next game, Zverev equalized at one set all. Already very intense, the battle between the two men escalated in the final round, which lasted 1 hour 37 minutes.

The two men then went blow for blow in exchanges that were often of high quality, and the public had to wait for the decisive game to know the outcome of this suspenseful match. Son then got the upper hand on Zverev leaving him with only one point in this tie break.

Sign of the intensity of the debates in this last set: the two players addressed each other when changing sides at the end of the eleventh game. "It was a fight, and I am happy to have won it", said Son who, after two failures against Zverev, in Germany already " ndash; in the semis in Hamburg in July 2023 and in the quarters on the pitch in Halle last June –, won for the first time against the German.