There are only so many times you can fire a ball at a wall before feeling the urge to bash your head against one. Against such truisms, Alexander Zverev succumbed to the familiar pain of an afternoon with Jannik Sinner, the champion of Wimbledon once again.
Across the course of three hours, 46 minutes and four sets, Zverev threw it all at the world No 1. He served missiles, he attacked with forehands that defied reason, and he even led for a while.
But walls are tough. Walls stand firm. Walls keep sending balls back. And so, with a splattering of genius
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