The champion from Hamburg is playing the Halle ATP 500 this week and knows he has a huge chance, as world No.1 Sinner was eliminated by Alexander Bublik in the round of 16 yesterday. Meanwhile, Zverev reached the semifinals by beating Italian player Flavio Cobolli in straight sets and will give his best to lift the trophy on Sunday.

Alexander Zverev breezed into the second round of the Halle Open on Wednesday, 6-2, 6-1 over American Marcos Giron, and also found time to help an injured spectator. Second seed Zverev brought a bag of ice to a woman to ccol her neck where she was hit by a part of an advertising board that had fallen from an upper tier.

Alexander Zverev's hunt for an elusive grasscourt title began with a clinical 6-2 6-1 victory over Marcos Giron in the first round of the Halle Open on Wednesday in a match interrupted by an advertising hoarding falling on spectators.