Funny stage in Halle where Alexander Zverev ran to the toilet from the second game of the match. To finally win in two sets against Flavio Cobolli.
We knew the toilet break before a decisive set, to refocus, recover a little, or possibly break the pace of the match and the opponent. Alexander Zverev innovated with the passage through the locker room from the second game of the match.
On the grass of Halle, when he was opposed to Flavio Cobolli, the German was about to serve at 1-0, 40a when he started to feel bad. Suddenly, the world No. 3 has left the court for what could look like an urgent need.
Alexander Zverev explained what happened after the meeting. He suddenly felt sick. “I felt well before the match, then, suddenly, I felt really bad, I felt sick, explains the player on the ATP website. I went to vomit, and 15 minutes later, I felt good again. I don’t know what it was. Honestly, I had never experienced this before. I hope it will be better in the coming hours, when the adrenaline falls. After that, I think the match was pretty good. »»
Zverev still wins
As if nothing had happened, Zverev returned to the court to win in two sets (6-4, 7-6 (5)) and 1h41 of play. After a disappointing Roland-Garros (defeat in the quarter-finals against Novak Djokovic), the German tries to find colors in front of his audience, on lawn. Finalist at Stuttgart, where he was defeated by his black bane Taylor Fritz (fifth victory in a row for the American), “Sascha” will find another old acquaintance, Daniil Medvedev, in the semi-finals in Halle.
“I think he is the player I have faced the most in my career. This is undoubtedly one of my most tough opponents ”said Zverev, who is led 12-7 by the Russian in their confrontations. The last one was painful for German: a defeat in the semi-finals of the Australian Open in 2024 when he led two rounds to nothing. Be careful not to make it sick …
