Diego Dedura-Palomero made his ATP debut on the ATP 500 occasion in Munich. The younger German defeated Denis Shapovalov within the first spherical following the Canadian's retirement. He grew to become the primary participant born in 2008 with an ATP win.
Diego confronted the Belgian Zizou Bergs within the second spherical and suffered a heavy 6-1, 6-1 defeat in an hour and 9 minutes. Thus, Dedura-Palomero missed an opportunity to notch his first ATP quarter-final at a youthful age than Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer!
The 2 legends achieved that at 17 years and one month, and the German might have handed them by a few days. Nonetheless, he stood no likelihood towards an in-form Belgian who collected his seventeenth victory of the season.
Zizou zooms via ⏩
Bergs will get the higher of Dedura- Palomero 6-1 6-1 to succeed in his second clay court docket Quarter-Remaining 🙌#BMWOpen pic.twitter.com/8tOo7onBoR
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 17, 2025
Bergs claimed 25 factors greater than the younger gun. He saved each break factors and saved the strain on the opposite aspect. Diego stood miles away from that tempo. A youngster dropped 56% of the factors in his video games and suffered 5 breaks from eight probabilities provided to his rival.
The Belgian landed 24 winners and 26 unforced errors, taming his strokes properly and decreasing his rival to 4 winners. Dedura-Palomero sprayed 22 unforced errors and trailed in service winners and from the baseline.
Zizou Bergs, Munich 2025© Stream screenshot
The younger gun made a promising begin and held at love within the first recreation of the encounter. Zizou made a push on the return within the third recreation and landed a volley winner on the web for an early break. The Belgian cemented it with a compelled error within the fourth recreation.
He landed a forehand down the road winner within the subsequent one for an additional break and a 4-1 benefit. Zizou held after deuces within the sixth recreation and offered his third straight break at 5-1 to wrap up the opener in 28 minutes.
Diego Dedura-Palomero, Munich 2025© Stream screenshot
Bergs confronted the one two break factors within the first recreation of the second set. He saved them with nice hitting and closed the third recreation after extra deuces for 2-1. Dedura-Palomero denied a break level within the fourth recreation with a cracking backhand crosscourt winner.
Nonetheless, Zizou seized the second with a fortunate web twine return winner to open a 3-1 benefit. The Belgian closed the fifth recreation with a service winner and broke a left-hander within the subsequent one for a 5-1 lead. Bergs served for the win within the seventh recreation.
Zizou Bergs & Diego Dedura-Palomero, Munich 2025© Stream screenshot
He landed a volley winner on the web for a maintain at 15, sealing the deal and racing into the quarter-final. Diego will compete on the Madrid Masters after incomes the qualifying wild card.
