Bayern fan Zverev glad to win more 'decisively' than club after downing Diallo at Munich Open

[p]The world number three won [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/diallo-g-2TgBLj6G/zverev-a-dGbUhw9m/?mid=hxiVQmop"]6-1, 6-2[/a] in 73 minutes and will face Argentinian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cerundolo-francisco/lWQ3G6gB/"]Francisco Cerundolo[/a] in the quarter-finals.[/p][p][b]"I won and I won decisively, that's pretty good,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zverev-alexander/dGbUhw9m/"]Zverev[/a] said as he kept his bid for a record fourth Munich title alive.[/p][p]The Bayern Munich fan, who was in attendance at Wednesday's dramatic Champions League quarter-final win over Real Madrid, added: [b]"It wasn't as exciting as yesterday in the Allianz Arena - that was an experience."[/b][/p][embed guid="38c7d2f1-a06d-46eb-84f5-f375be89c58f" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2044778249570373644" social-type="twitter" /][p]Zverev said the clash with fifth seed Cerundolo, who moved past Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 6-0 earlier in the day, "would be a more exciting match".[/p][p]The 28-year-old had struggled past Serb [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kecmanovic-miomir/MTQ5CPOR/"]Miomir Kecmanovic[/a] in three sets in his opener but had no such difficulties in the Munich sunshine against the world number 37 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diallo-gabriel/2TgBLj6G/"]Diallo[/a].[/p][p]Diallo seemed to struggle with a back injury and needed treatment on court after the first set.[/p][p]The victory was Zverev's 100th clay court win this decade, with only world number two [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ruud-casper/zN9UpRqp/"]Dane Casper Ruud[/a] boasting more in that time.[/p][p]Zverev is the only German remaining after compatriot [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/altmaier-daniel/IPR8h9gM/"]Daniel Altmaier[/a] was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/altmaier-d-IPR8h9gM/molcan-a-drgiRTl7/?mid=borf5SF8"]defeated 6-4, 7-6 (10)[/a] earlier on Thursday by Slovak qualifier [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/molcan-alex/drgiRTl7/"]Alex Molcan[/a].[/p]