EXCLUSIVE: The brutal reality facing Alexander Zverev after crushing US Open loss – Wide World of Sports

It was a match of high drama, if not high quality.
Men’s tennis finally has a new grand slam champion, its first in six years, but Dominic Thiem’s five-set win over Alexander Zverev was hardly an exhibition of classic strokeplay.
Instead, it seemed neither man quite knew how to close it out. Zverev, in particular, will rue his missed opportunities, having become the first man in 71 years to lose a US Open final after winning the first two sets. He served for the match at 5-3 in the fifth set, …

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