Zverev fails in the round of 16 of the Australian Open

After Wimbledon winner Angelique Kerber, the second and last German tennis hope crashed out of the tournament in Melbourne. In less than two hours, first nothing and then not much went together for the young star from Hamburg. “So he would have lost in the first round of qualifying. This is incredibly bad,” said tennis icon John McEnroe. Zverev experienced the next Grand Slam disappointment. After the triumph at the ATP season finale in November and the preparation with coach Ivan Lendl, he was hoping for a breakthrough.

Turning point after the first break for Zverev He now has to wait at least until the French Open in the spring. The game against the former Wimbledon finalist Raonic (28), who is only on the way back to his old class after many injuries, started completely to Zverev's liking. The 21-year-old immediately managed a break against the feared server Raonic - and then collapsed completely. After the first five games, he threw his racket in frustration for the first time. Lendl watched the scene without any visible emotion. After double errors number six and seven to make it 1:4 in the second set, Zverev completely freaked out, a ball child preferred to get to safety, and Lendl took a quick sip from his water bottle.

At least the fourth in the world rankings now found his way into the game a little better and was an equal opponent for Raonic for a few minutes. Zverev delivered his serves safely, Raonic hit back with aces and service winners. This is how Zverev had imagined the game, this is how the two previous encounters had gone: Zverev won in Rome in 2017, and in the same year at Wimbledon he suffered a bitter defeat in five close sets in the round of XNUMX.

This time, however, he was far from his best, even further than Kerber from Kiel, who was overrun by the American Danielle Collins on Sunday at 0:6, 2:6. Although Zverev fended off Raonic's first match points when the score was 4:5 in the third round, he led 4:2 in the tiebreak, but missed the turnaround. Ten double faults and countless lapses in concentration were too many that day in Melbourne.

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Zverev fails in the round of 16 of the Australian Open

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