Sports Germany is at the center of the world at the moment. Beyond Euro 2024the Halle tennis tournament is also being played where yesterday, Wednesday 19 June, the match between the host Alexander Zverev and blue Lorenzo Sonego. A match that saw the German triumphant, who after a hard-fought match defeated the Italian in just two sets. But you know, football is always football. And when the national team plays the risk for every fan is to get distracted from what their job should be. Even if you are a tennis professional by profession.
The group stage match between Germany, the team hosting the European tournament, and Italy’s coach Marco Rossi’s Hungary also took place at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart. A match perhaps with an obvious outcome, with the home national team beating their rivals from Budapest 2 to 0. And thus conquering the passage of the turn arousing the applause of all the German fans. Even the best known ones, like Zverev himself.
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The German tennis player, aware that there were fans in the stands following the Europeans with their smartphones, kept his ears open throughout the match. And as soon as the spectators cheered as Germany doubled their lead by İlkay Gündoğandid not contain his emotion, celebrating in the face of the Italian. Sonego, who at that moment was waiting to return his opponent’s serve, was completely stunned.
