The Sunshine Doubles are coming to an end, and Zverev, who was originally the best master in the new generation, still has no success in these two Masters.
Looking back now, with his strength, such a performance was very undeserved. After Djokovic withdrew from the Indian Wells Masters, Zverev, who was supposed to be in the lower half, should have been the biggest beneficiary.
Compared to the many Masters champions in the first half (Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Nadal, etc.), the second half can be described as the German's "monopoly", but his performance is once again disappointing. In a clash with Paul, an American who ranks far below himself in the world, Zverev was knocked out.
Coincidentally, when summarizing the past, it was surprising to find that Zverev was inexplicably in a state trough after winning the finals twice.
Zverev's first year-end finals title was in 2018. That year, he was shocked by the victory of the two giants, Leon Ker Federer and Djokovic, in the semi-finals and finals.
Later, in the 2019 season, he first lost to Raonic in the fourth round of the Australian Open (routine operation, after all, he did not break the window paper of the Grand Slam Final Four until the Australian Open in 2020); Acapulco reached the final, but lost to Australian Kyrgios; and the Indian Wells Masters stopped the third round and lost to compatriot Struf.
This year's trajectory of Zverev Jr. is so similar to before! In the semi-finals and finals of last year's year-end finals, he was also the top two opponents of the Men's Singles of Lienk Djokovic and Medvedev, and his performance was even stronger than three years ago, so that he shouted out with confidence: This season, I and Djokovic and May are always in the top three of the hard court.
However, the reality of this season has been a slap in the face: the Australian Open lost to Shapovalov in three sets in the fourth round, Montpellier, although in the lower division, lost to the Kazakh Bublick, who had previously won a career title, and lost to Paul in the first game of the Indian Wells Masters (the second round, Zverev enjoyed a bye in the first round).
In contrast, this year's performance in the same period is even worse than the season he did three years ago.
What are Zverev's subsequent results in 2018? Right next to the Back-to-Back Miami Masters of the Indian Wells Masters, he was also dismal in his first game.
Moving to the more successful clay court, his results are still not ideal: Monte Carlo round of sixteen, Madrid quarter-final, Roma first-round exit.
The big game is not good, and he is also struggling in the low level. In the other two 250 tournaments, he won only one goal each. This slump was not over until the victory in Geneva before the French Open. And the subsequent French Open, he only equaled the best of his personal Grand Slam in the quarterfinals.
The news on the sidelines is continuous, the decline on the field is full, I wonder when Zverev will be able to adjust back to his personal best this year? (Source: Tennis House Author: Luo ChengQiye)