Italy had a goal disallowed because of offside in the 75th. I mean, it was way better than the first two rounds,” said Thiem. But while Alexander, who has won five titles in 2017, went out in round two, it is his older brother Mischa who has been doing the family name proud. “I think my baseline game was not good enough, so I had to choose Plan B, which was serve and volleying to try to be successful on the court,” Zverev said. He was very intelligent and smart as a coach because he recognised baseline is good, but I don’. Algeria is eight points behind runaway group leader Nigeria with three games remaining in qualifying. Next up for Thiem will be the 11th-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut or 2009 U. US Open 2017: Elder Zverev volleying his way to the big time. He averaged 62 errors in each of those outings, against 19-year-old American Frances Tiafoe and 35-year-old Russian Mikhail Youzhny. n from Isco when he made his first appearance for his country after a three-year absence.