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Sascha Zverev congratulates Jannik Sinner after communicating that he tested negative to the Coronavirus

Fortunately Zverev tests negative to the Coronavirus and he doesn;t fail to congratulate Sinner for his win!

6 October 2020

Alexander Zverev is one of the most interesting upcoming players, but sometimes he doesn’t come out as a great loser. In 2018, he refused to give credits to Stefanos Tsitsipas after he lost to the Greek in the quarters of the Rogers Cup. Sascha fell short again during this edition of the French Open after losing in the 4th round to Jannik Sinner. The Italian teenager outplayed the German and soon after the match, Sascha declared that he was so sick that he should have played.

The controversy

Sascha’s revelation was extremely controversial on many levels. First, it seemed as he tried to diminish the importance of Sinner’s effort. In reality, the German didn’t play his worst tennis and therefore, it was pretty clear that Jannik was just better than him. Furthermore, it sounded weird that a player was allowed to compete while having the flu (Zverev said 38 degrees) and without any control from the tournament.

Eventually, Zverev got a couple of tests whose results were negative. Sascha showed the results on Instagram to also congratulate Jannik for his effort.

Alexander Zverev in 2020

Now the world no.7, Zverev played his last match on the 4^th of October when he lost to Jannik Sinner 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the 4^th round of the French Open.

Alexander Zverev’s best achievement of the current year was getting to the final at the U.S. Open.

Sinner at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2020

Ranked world no.75, Jannik has a 11-11 win-loss record in 2020. Jannik is currently playing at the French Open where he conquered David Goffin 7-5 6-0 6-3, Benjamin Bonzi 6-2 6-4 6-4, Federico Coria 6-3 7-5 7-5 and Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3.

Jannik Sinner will take on Nadal in the quarter. They have never played each other till now in top tournaments.

Alexander Zverev and Jannik Sinner played each other once. The head to head is 1-0 for Sinner. When they played, Jannik Sinner won 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the 4^th round in Paris (French Open) on the 4^th of October 2020.

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