Zverev, Boss Or Bust?

Zverev has had an amazing run in his dream 2017 season and was showing no signs of stopping ahead of this year’s US Open. Last night something unpredictable happened. He lost to his fellow next gen contender, the Croatian Borna Coric 6-3, 5-7, 6-7, 6-7.

Zverev at the 2015 US Open

Zverev started off his year with an impressive run to the round of 32 in the Australian Open until he got shut down by Nadal 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. Later he exited a tournament due to Kyrgios on 2 straight occasions. Which was then followed up by another defeat to Nadal in the round of 16 in Monte-Carlo.

8 days before his first round match he beat Raonic and Djokovic to get his first Masters title. Following that achievement he suffered a first round exit to Verdasco in 4 sets, 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6. Maybe his curse is real!

A little later, he reached a round of 16 match. Then he fell to Milos Raonic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. I’m sure he and the majority of his fans hoped and believed he could’ve done much better. After that his season was pretty dreamy with another win over Federer and his second masters title. He also won Washington.

After Montreal it was a first round exit to Tiafoe in Cincinnati. Followed by yesterday’s second round exit to Coric.

It seems that Zverev doesn’t really fancy next generation players! Was Zverev really just a one season thing? Or is he just going through a mini slump?

Tennis is definitely in his blood though, a tennis playing dad and brother who are both professional tennis players or were. Even his mom was! His mom was very dedicated to coaching him from a very early stage of his life.

Zverev was pretty much guaranteed to be one of the best in the sport ever. It’s just a little hard with a 35 year old still winning Grand Slam titles. Now with his bottom half of the draw relatively wide open who will reach the final?

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