'Awful tennis match' - Zverev fed up with losing to Sinner
Alexander Zverev had little positive to say after being blown away by world number one Jannik Sinner in the Madrid Masters final, the German's ninth straight defeat to the Italian. Sinner became the first player to win five consecutive ATP Masters 1,000 titles on Sunday. World number three Zverev said the final defeat was a combination of factors.
"He's very good, of course. But I think ... I would have lost to anybody, to be very fair.
I think ... I played an awful tennis match," Zverev said after Sinner romped to a 6-1, 6-2 triumph in just 58 minutes on the clay. "I think everybody's struggling against him.
He's won the last five Masters events, so it's not like I'm the only one losing to him. I'm just losing to him more because I get to him every single time and I lose to him. "(It) doesn't make sense to talk much about strategy, it was absolutely a terrible match by me.
I don't think there's much strategy involved. " Even Sinner could not resist a small dig at the German, who has never won a grand slam title compared to Sinner's four. The Italian is five years younger.