A heap of misery. Face behind his hands, he bit his fingernails, rubbed his eyes. Out with the frustration: “I just had a shitty week,” said Alexander Zverev after his round of 16 knockout. at the Australian Open. Terrible game, no excuses he said.
Yes, it should have gone a little better. The 24-year-old entered Melbourne with two goals: to win his first major and become number one in the world. After an amazingly passive performance at 3: 6, 6: 7 (5: 7), 3: 6 against the weak Canadian Denis Shapovalov, he didn’t want to know anything about that anymore.
Would have been silly too, especially since Zverev hadn’t been beaten in the previous matches…