Still Hurt by Injustice, Alexander Zverev Shares Andy Roddick Sounding off on Controversial French Open Decision

The fans wholeheartedly embraced Carlos Alcaraz as the Roland Garros champion. While he’s currently enjoying the victory vibes, his title match rival Alexander Zverev finds himself drowned in the deep waters of regret. The showdown reached a point where the chair umpire’s call wasn’t satisfactory enough for everyone. Even though things have started to move ahead of the clay court season, the German’s mind appears to be caught up in the incident as Andy Roddick speaks out about the injustice he suffered.

While his co-players are looking ahead to the grass-swing, the social media update from Zverev gave out a completely dissimilar story for the German. Andy Roddick‘s experience and verdicts are known to be quite trustworthy and unbiased. He decided to open up on the topic, to which Zverev related and therefore shared to all his followers on his Instagram story.

“Its going to be a failure it may not show right away, but then you’re going to get to the point where in a fifth set in a major, where someone’s trying to win their first grand slam, someone double faults a up a break it doesn’t get called they run it back there’s no break,” the former pro can be seen saying in a clip from his podcast ‘Served with Andy Roddick’. This explanation of an issue clearly established a relation to what happened during the showdown between Zverev and Alcaraz.

Mentioning the drastic effects of it on a player, Roddick remarked the action as “potentially career-changing”. This explanation came up in response to a shocking incident that proved to be a turning point in the men’s singles final. While both Zverev and Alcaraz inserted all their efforts, they pulled it to the fifth set where the chair umpire ignored a call against the Spaniard.

The ball was revealed to be two millimeters out from the line later by the media, since Hawkeye is absent from the Parisian slam. Along with Zverev, fans were also angered because of the decision. While former pro’s like Andy Roddick think that it was something that could’ve changed the dimensions, there are others who see reasons behind the German’s loss.

Tony Nadal slams Alexander Zverev for the lack of control over his emotions

Everyone in the tennis world was appreciating Alexander Zverev’s calm nature during the debacle. While fans thought he would lash out at the chair umpire, the ATP star proved his new self by acting on the contrary. However, it was Rafael Nadal’s former coach and Uncle Tony who thought that it was anger that caused him to lose the showdown against Carlos Alcaraz.

“If Zverev has not managed to win a Grand Slam tournament so far, it is certainly because he has never managed to control this type of situation like at the start of the fourth set against Alcaraz,” the renowned coach wrote to El Pais. Appreciating his rival for the remarkable levels of confidence, Tony added, “Carlos faced him in the fourth set after a hard-fought comeback without losing his calm, conviction and confidence in victory. Something that only great champions can achieve. I offer my most sincere compliments to Alcaraz.”

Things have come to a point where discussions could just lead to lessons for future opportunities. While Carlos Alcaraz holds the title, it is evident that Zverev could keep working on his form and grab a chance soon enough.