Alexander Zverev pledged to bounce back from his bitterly disappointing loss in the final of the US Open on Sunday to capture a Grand Slam ...
Alexander Zverev pledged to bounce back from his bitterly disappointing loss in the final of the US Open on Sunday to capture a Grand Slam one day.
The 23-year-old German went two sets and a break up in his first Grand Slam final before losing in five sets to Austria’s Dominic Thiem.
“I was super close to being a Grand Slam champion. I was a few games away, maybe a few points away,” a dejected Zverev told reporters.
“For me what upset me the most is not the third set, it’s the fifth set,” when he was serving for the championship at 5-3.
“I had a lot of chances in the fifth set and didn’t use them,” he added.
The second seeded Thiem beat the fifth seed Zverev 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) in 4hr 2min.
It was the first time in the US Open’s Open era history that a player had recovered from losing the opening two sets to win the title.
It was also the first time the final had been settled by a tie-break.
Zverev said it hurt to lose in the manner he did.
“Obviously being two sets to love and a break up in a Grand Slam final then losing is not easy,” he told reporters.
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