Alexander Zverev He lived an unforgettable Sunday at Wimbledon, not knowing that a series of events would be his downfall two days later. The German won Cameron Norrieexpressed in his speech the pleasure of having a football legend in the Royal Box, Pep Guardiolathat he reminded that Bayern Munich needed a coach, inviting him to leave the City and return to the German team, and that he always had a tennis position directing himself whenever he considered this.
There was a meeting later in the players’ area, where the Hamburg tennis player gave the Catalan coach a racket.
hot Zverev He didn’t notice the pain that sometimes ached in his left knee. He suffered a severe fall during the match, which required the presence of a physiotherapist.
A few days later, that physical problem, due to a routine fall after slipping on the grass, led Zverev to go home empty-handed. Third loss in the round of 16 at Wimbledon, his tournament record. He dominated two sets ahead of the American Taylor Fritz But as efforts accumulate, the capacity for movement diminishes. “I played with one foot, in the fourth and fifth sets I couldn’t serve, it was impossible to jump,” he said.
In the final of the 2020 US Open he led two sets to zero and was two points away from the title, but the Austrian took it from him. Dominic Thiem. In Alexander Zverev’s best moments, fighting head-to-head Rafael Nadal In the semifinals of Roland Garros 2022, his foot got caught in a slide, breaking his right ankle. Goodbye weather.
New injury at a Grand Slam. The ‘jinx’ continues. At 27 years old, no ‘big’ titles or No. 1, when from a very young age he seemed destined to achieve both goals. At Roland Garros 2024 he took Carlos Alcaraz, but the best Murcian version emerged and ended up coming back and grabbing the Musketeers Cup.
His only consolation, which usually has to come in the dispute of Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at Roland Garros. Hard court gold has already been won at Tokyo 2020, a tournament held in 2021 because the original date was canceled due to the coronavirus.
“According to the MRI, I have bone edema and a tear in the knee capsule. Because of the fall in the fight with you Cameron Norris. Bone edema, bone hematoma. I don’t know the term in English. Something from the bone,” he said.
Tested to the limit Taylor Fritz It didn’t work out in the end. “I feel like I lost a good opportunity, but we have to continue,” he said, frustrated because he looked like a candidate for the title.
With the consolation that “I don’t think I’ll make it to the Hamburg tournament, but there are only three weeks left before the Games and I have to heal first. It hurts, but it doesn’t require surgery and it’s a matter of time,” he concluded .
Source: La Verdad
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