Will Dezough rejuvenate or Alcaraz will trial?

Tomorrow at half past two in the morning, in the third round of the 2025 French Open, defending champion Alcaraz will face the challenge of Bosnian veteran De Zuch. In the first two rounds of the 2025 French Open, big seeds such as American Daddy Fritz, Norway's Light Ruud, Australia's Little Hare de Minard, Russian Tsar Dmitry Medvedev, and Greek Pirate Tsitsipas have unexpectedly fallen off. At this moment, fans can't help but ask: will Bosnian veteran De Zuch rejuvenate at the end of his career, or will defending champion Alcaraz continue to soar towards the success of defending his title?

Born in May 1992, De Zuch turned professional in 2011 and has had a few winnings on the tour, but it's hard to say that he has achieved much. So far in his career, De Zuch has won just three ATP 250 tournaments, reaching the third round of a Grand Slam five times (Australian Open 2014 and 2018, French Open 2015 and 2018, US Open 2017) and only once reaching the fourth round of the Masters (Miami 2016). On 2 July 2018, De Zuch reached a career-high 23rd in the world rankings and is currently ranked 69th in the world.

De Zuch has had two career highlights. In the second round of the 2016 Miami Masters, De Zuch challenged the Spanish god of war Rafael Nadal in sweltering hot and humid weather. De Zuch lost 2-6 in the first set, pulled back 6-4 in the second set, and led 3-0 in the deciding set, but Nadal announced his retirement due to heat stroke. In the first round of the 2017 ATP 500 Dubai station, De Zuch was very powerful, and defeated the Swiss titan Wawrinka, who was ranked third in the world at the time, 7:6, 6:3. It was also the only time in De Zuch's career that he has won against a top-three player in the world.

Since 2019, due to frequent injuries, De Zuch has stopped and stopped, his performance has deteriorated, and the world ranking has continued to decline. Heading into the 2025 clay season, the 33-year-old seems to have made a new comeback. The Madrid Masters reached the third round, winning two consecutive matches at the French Open, reaching the third round of a Grand Slam for the sixth time in seven years, and ushering in the first meeting with world No. 2 and Spanish all-rounder Alcaraz on the ATP Tour.

In fact, as early as the final of the 2020 Barcelona Challenger, the two had a confrontation in their careers. Alcaraz, who was only 17 years old at the time, lost one set and then won two sets in a row to defeat the 28-year-old De Zuch and win the title. Now that five years have passed, the circumstances of the two can be described as different.

Tomorrow at 2:30 a.m., the two will meet for the first time on the ATP Tour, will Bosnian veteran Dezuch be rejuvenated at the end of his career, or will defending champion Alcaraz continue to make great strides towards successfully defending his title? I'll wait for the fans, we'll see.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Colorful Bean Powder)