CNN
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Alexander Zverev’s hopes of becoming the men’s world No. 1 suffered a blow on Friday as he crashed out of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in the second round following a shock defeat to Tallon Griekspoor.
Zverev began the tournament as the top seed, in the absence of world No. 1 Jannik Sinner who is serving a three-month ban after testing positive for a banned substance, and he had a golden opportunity to close the gap to the Italian player in the ATP world rankings.
But, despite winning the first set against Griekspoor, the world No. 2 eventually succumbed to a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) defeat in his opening game at the tournament.
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