SELFIE WITH SELF-IRONY. The champion and Zverev on the same flight

"At least this time I'm ahead of him". After the tears, Alexander Zverev manages to take the defeat in the final in Melbourne with philosophy, or rather with irony. The post of the German tennis player beaten by Jannik Sinner at the Australian Open was born on the flight back to Europe, shared with the world number one. 'Sascha' has digested the disappointment of yet another missed Slam title and once again recognizes the superiority of the Italian, who sketches a smile in the back row. After all, tennis is a noble sport also for this reason, because it leaves very few after-effects after the battles on the court. Sinner himself, at the beginning of last October, had flown from Beijing to Shanghai together with Carlos Alcaraz, who had just beaten him in the final of the tournament in the Chinese capital. Jannik then won the next '1000'. The one with Alcaraz was the last defeat on the court for the number one, four months ago.

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