AlexanderZverev’s brutal honesty: 'I maintain dropping matches I ought to have gained'

Alexander Zverev is 6-6 after Novak Djokovic retired towards him within the Australian Open semi-final. The German misplaced his third Main ultimate to Jannik Sinner and skilled one other blow, profitable solely six matches on the subsequent 5 tournaments.

Thus, the 27-year-old ruined his possibilities to dethrone the Italian and grow to be the thirtieth world no. 1 in ATP historical past. To make issues even worse, Alexander was in place to win 4 of the earlier 5 duels he misplaced, which begins the alarm bells for world no. 2!

Zverev’s most up-to-date setback got here within the Miami Open fourth spherical towards Arthur Fils. The Frenchman turned the tables at 1-3 within the decider and earned a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory in two hours, sending world no. 2 packing.

Arthur Fils upsets TOP SEED Alexander Zverev on the Miami Open! 😱

An INCREDIBLE efficiency from the 20 year-old Frenchman 🔥 pic.twitter.com/reTAwB9cDO

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Fils toppled Zverev for the second time in 5 encounters, overcoming a decrease again damage and rising on the high. The younger Frenchman produced extra environment friendly numbers behind the second serve. He misplaced serve two occasions and seized three of 5 possibilities on the return.

Alexander hit extra service winners, and Arthur erased the deficit on the internet. The youthful participant attacked and decreased world no. 2 to 13 direct factors. The German supplied the primary break at 4-3 within the opener. He served for the set in sport 9 and saved a break level.

Alexander Zverev, Acapulco 2025© Stream screenshot

The German seized the third set level with an ace, clinching the opener 6-3 in 43 minutes. Fils served properly within the second set and stored the stress on the opposite aspect. He grabbed a break at 15 within the second sport and served properly to keep up the benefit.

Arthur wrapped up the set with a forehand crosscourt winner at 5-3, introducing a decider after an hour and 17 minutes. Zverev stepped in at 2-1 within the ultimate set and drew the rival’s mistake for a break and the benefit. Alexander couldn’t keep the lead.

He performed a free forehand within the fifth sport and introduced the younger gun again to the optimistic aspect. Fils claimed the sixth sport with an unreturned serve and leveled the rating at 3-3. Zverev struggled once more within the seventh sport.

He sprayed a forehand error to expertise one other break and discover himself 4-3 behind. Arthur cemented the break with a service winner in sport eight, opening a 5-3 hole and serving for the win in sport ten. He held at 15 to seal the deal in fashion and ship the highest seed packing.

“I have been losing many matches lately without controlling the things on the court. It happened again today. I have to look at myself more than examining my rival’s performances. Arthur is very powerful. He can accelerate the pace from almost every part of the court.

I played better than in the previous weeks, but I should not have lost the match from a break up in the decider. I lost four straight games or something like that. I have lost many times from being in a winning position, and I need to work on that with my team,” Alexander Zverev mentioned.