Alexander Zverev was crestfallen after he was well beaten by Taylor Fritz saying that he is ‘the most angry’ he has been in a long time.
Zverev was the favourite to reach the US Open final after Novak Djokovic’s shock exit. But he slumped to a 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 loss to Fritz who reached his maiden Grand Slam semi-final. It was all about the manner of his defeat that annoyed Zverev more than anything else as he was left annoyed and angry after defeat.
“I did nothing to deserve to win. It’s as simple as that,” said Zverev in a snappy response.
“I played terrible. Just from the baseline – I mean, serving and actually returning was actually okay. From the baseline I played absolutely terrible. I don’t know,” he said.
“My backhand, I don’t remember since being on tour hitting my backhand this badly. I just don’t. I mean, I was missing shots which were in the middle of the court with no pace, and bottom of the net. Terrible. Just absolutely terrible by me.
“My forehand was okay, actually. My serve was okay. But my most reliable shot, the shot that I’m most known for, the shot that you normally wake me up at 3:00 a.m. and I would not miss was absolutely not there today, and I have no words for it, to be honest.”
“I mean, at some point I didn’t know what to do anymore,” he added.
“At some point I just had so many questions in my mind. I had absolutely no idea whether I should go for it, whether I should put the ball on the court.
“Then I tried to put the ball on the court, it would go bottom of the net. A few shots I went for it, they flew – the thing is, I was missing shots, I was missing by, like, six feet, regular baseline shots. I don’t know. I just have no answers right now.
“And don’t say that Taylor didn’t deserve to win. No, he absolutely deserved to win today. I’m not taking anything away from him. He played quite a good match. I did nothing to deserve to win.”
He then was asked if this was the most angry. “Yeah, by far. The most angry, also, I think, in a long time.”
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