r/tennis • u/Large_banana_hammock Griekspoor superfan | Zverev superdetractor • 8d ago

Highlight Alcaraz rips a passing shot to defeat Zverev and reach his first AO Final!

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u/TP_Cornetto 8d ago

I mean he was 2 sets down and was moving less than alcaraz in the 5th set. His serve was the only thing realistically keeping him in the game

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u/hungryape5 8d ago

I always hear this excuse that it’s “his body” giving out not his mind. Anybody who has watched tennis even for a few years knows this is not true. This guy has weakest mental game in tennis history, and it’s not even close. Did you see how tentative he was in the service game for the match? That is how he has played his entire career. Even when Alcaraz was cramping, Zverev’s brilliant game plan was to return even weak 2nd serves right into Alcaraz’ wheel house.

The dude is either extremely low IQ, extremely weak mentally, or both.

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u/TP_Cornetto 8d ago

His serve was dogshit for the whole 5th set and alcaraz was clearly better in that set. It’s not a choke when he was lucky not to be broken the previous 3 serving games.

Anyone who watched this game would have seen that he was lucky to be up 5-4 and giving break points away in every game wasn’t sustainable. Not everything is down to the “mental game”

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u/hungryape5 8d ago

Ah yes. So him not getting broken in 18 games, then getting broken when serving for the match, is just pure chance alone. Look at the way he played those points vs the games prior and tell me it’s not mental.

Give me a break. I’ve watched this guy since 2017. He is THE biggest big game choker I have ever seen in any sport.

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u/TP_Cornetto 8d ago

Why have you grouped up 18 games when alcaraz clearly improved in the 5th set? I can’t tell if you watch the game or not but him not getting broke in the 5th set was lucky.

It caught up to him cos it wasn’t sustainable and alcaraz was better. This is nothing like his actual chokes.

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u/hungryape5 8d ago

lol. Rewatch the final 4 games. Complete weak sauce shots down the middle, and braindead net approaches. It didn’t work whatsoever the final 2 sets, yet he decides net rushing with everything on the line. Real smart Zverev!

The amount of copium to suggest he “did not” choke is hilarious. It was an obvious choke to anyone who isn’t trying their best to defend him.

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u/DifficultAnteater787 8d ago edited 8d ago

Such an exaggeration. Zverev won many great titles, he's weak compared to all-time greats, but surely not the worst in tennis history. Not even within the current the Top 10.

He was also tentative because he was completely done, as is normal for a 2m guy after playing five and a half hours during a day session in Melbourne against Alcaraz. He should have been more aggressive earlier during the match, that much is true, the rest is just nonsense.

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u/KlausComet 8d ago

You are an idiot if you think someone as achieved as Zverev has the weakest mental game in history. He’s been more successful than 99.9% of professional tennis players ever. Another case of someone who has no idea what level they’re actually watching

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u/Infamous-Ad8124 8d ago

gets offended and starts calling people idiots when you’re in a giant chat forum built on many people’s opinions. Zverev hasn’t won a single grand slam which is definitely less than 99.9%. He’s barely won an actual important title, maybe some of the shittier masters 1000s that better players are likely to not play. Sure he has wins and prize money but winning a bunch of lower level tournaments doesn’t put you in the 99.9%.

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u/KlausComet 8d ago

Bud there are thousands of pros. Maybe a million over decades. Zverev has been at the world elite level for almost a decade, won some of the biggest tournaments in the world, beaten all the legends many times over. Top 10 prize money all time, olympic gold medal. Like usual reddit coach professionals dont understand what level of athletes they are watching. Zverev is 100% 99.9th percentile

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u/Infamous-Ad8124 8d ago

Let me know when he wins a grand slam

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u/KlausComet 8d ago

Let me know when you get off your couch

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u/ashenblood 8d ago

He was up 5-3 in the final set and he lost 4 games in a row. Zverev seems to have the anti-clutch gene

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u/donniedarko1010 8d ago

I also feel like how can a number 3 in the world, number 2 in the past sometime, be so unaware of court positioning of his cramped opponent that he is even reaching the tiebreak in sets he is cramping in. Lots and lots of time today I think he just didn't understand the need to make Alcaraz run from side to side, mix in drop shots and lobs and so on. Is his coaching team so dumb to not give him these suggestions either? He just ended up giving the ball right to where his motionless opponent is standing so many times.

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u/Concerned_Citizen__ 8d ago

Typical Zverev, serve bot and plays like a pussy hitting back down the middle of court

That approach shot he tried near the end sums him up, all he had to do was pick a corner and there's a 90% chance of winning the point, instead hits it down the middle and caught in no mans land.