Perhaps no more than 50 people watched Alexander Zverev clinch his second-round victory at this year's Wimbledon. It was a misty middle Saturday, and while eventual champion Andy Murray was playing under a roof at Centre Court, rain delays had forced Zverev and his opponent, Russian veteran Mikhail Youzhny, to slog through their five-set battle over two days. Court 8 might have had a few more spectators that rainy afternoon if people had only known that this quiet nineteen-year-old is anticipate...
German Wunderkind Alexander Zverev on the U.S. Open and the Future of Tennis
Vogue - 31 Aug 2016 21:34
Perhaps no more than 50 people watched Alexander Zverev clinch his second-round victory at this year's Wimbledon. It was a misty middle Saturday, and while eventual champion Andy Murray was playing under a roof at Centre Court, rain delays had forced Zverev and his opponent, Russian veteran Mikhail Youzhny, to slog through their five-set battle over two days. Court 8 might have had a few more spectators that rainy afternoon if people had only known that this quiet nineteen-year-old is anticipate...
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