Alexander Zverev's girlfriend Sophia Thomalla cheers German on in his BMW Open 2R clash at home in Munich

Alexander Zverev's girlfriend Sophia Thomalla was in attendance during the German's second-round win over Austria's Jurij Rodionov at the 2024 BMW Open on Wednesday (April 17).

Zverev made a comeback to the ATP 250 tournament in his hometown of Munich this week. Having received a first-round bye, the top seed was in for a tough first set against his 118th-ranked opponent during his opener.

Alexander Zverev staved off four break points on his serve in the fifth game of the match to hold 3-2. The first set was eventually won 7-6(3) by the German, and he didn't look back from that moment onwards. He broke the Austrian twice to take the second set 6-2 and the match in nearly two hours.

The 26-year-old's long-time girlfriend Sophia Thomalla, who is an actress and a TV host, was one of the highlights of the second-round match. The German donned a suave black leather jacket with crisp brown sunglasses and paired her look with silver hoop earrings.

Zverev and Thomalla have been in a relationship since 2021. The actress is a regular figure in the former World No. 2's players' box during the big tournaments.

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Sophia Thomalla

Last September, Alexander Zverev's girlfriend Sophia Thomalla let fans in on how their different careers often keep them apart in the former's documentary 'Zverev: Der Unvollendete'. While the 26-year-old travels from one city to another every fortnight, his girlfriend is mostly based in Germany.

That said, the two are not opposed to reaching a compromise to meet each other's needs, according to Thomalla.

"We don't have a simple life together," Thomalla said in the documentary on Zverev. "Alex with the incredible amount of sports he has and the continuity he has to go through again and again - and my life is anything but continuous. It's not 24/7 red roses now. I can talk to him about anything and he also has an ear for it."

Zverev will face the winner between Cristian Garin and Alex Michelsen for a place in the quarterfinals of the 2024 BMW Open. The German is a two-time winner at the ATP 250 tournament (2017-18) but has yet to make it past the last eight of the event since his most recent title run in Munich.