Will Zverev be ready to seize the moment?

Will he succeed?

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The mocking fate in the semi-final of Roland Garros 2022 took away the possibility of defeating Nadal, but also of becoming the world number 1

Well...last year that same fate at Roland Garros gave him the chance to face Nadal again inside his temple, and he didn't let it slip away.

But now that same fate is giving him a great opportunity to take the top of the rankings.
From now until the end of Sinner's disqualification, there will be 4500 points at stake (Rio, Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid), and he only needs (net of those already discarded) around 2500 of those 4500 to become the new world number 1.

Carpe diem mister Zverev;

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Winner Sinner said:
The mocking fate in the semi-final of Roland Garros 2022 took away the possibility of defeating Nadal, but also of becoming the world number 1

Well...last year that same fate at Roland Garros gave him the chance to face Nadal again inside his temple, and he didn't let it slip away.

But now that same fate is giving him a great opportunity to take the top of the rankings.
From now until the end of Sinner's disqualification, there will be 4500 points at stake (Rio, Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid), and he only needs (net of those already discarded) around 2500 of those 4500 to become the new world number 1.

Carpe diem mister Zverev;

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Does he want #1 with the inevitable * that comes with gaining it under these circumstances and without a slam title to his name?
 
Winner Sinner said:
So what other alternative plan should you consider?

Lose on purpose in the next tournaments while waiting for Sinner to return?
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Losing big matches seems to be something Zverev does as part of the natural order of things rather than something he needs to do on purpose. I do think his chances are probably better at Roland Garros if he goes in at #2 as the hunter than as #1 and the hunted.
 
reaper said:
Losing big matches seems to be something Zverev does as part of the natural order of things rather than something he needs to do on purpose. I do think his chances are probably better at Roland Garros if he goes in at #2 as the hunter than as #1 and the hunted.
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But what does this speech of yours have to do with anything?

You asked me how tempting it was to become number 1 with an asterisk and without ever having won a slam, and I told you what exactly would he do, lose on purpose?

Should I have specified that if he had the opportunity to become number 1 from now until the end of Sinner's disqualification, he should lose on purpose because it is better to remain number 2 without an asterisk and without a slam rather than number 1 with an asterisk always without a slam?
 
Winner Sinner said:
The mocking fate in the semi-final of Roland Garros 2022 took away the possibility of defeating Nadal, but also of becoming the world number 1

Well...last year that same fate at Roland Garros gave him the chance to face Nadal again inside his temple, and he didn't let it slip away.

But now that same fate is giving him a great opportunity to take the top of the rankings.
From now until the end of Sinner's disqualification, there will be 4500 points at stake (Rio, Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid), and he only needs (net of those already discarded) around 2500 of those 4500 to become the new world number 1.

Carpe diem mister Zverev;

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@GloW
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Well, he has to defend Rome, and Sinner has points to gain in Rome. Plus he's the defending finalist at RG. I voted no
 
He's crying about the Buenos Aires crowd behaving badly to him. He's going to mentally collapse the next few weeks and cry like a big baby about how the world is unfair to him :-D
 
Winner Sinner said:
The mocking fate in the semi-final of Roland Garros 2022 took away the possibility of defeating Nadal, but also of becoming the world number 1

Well...last year that same fate at Roland Garros gave him the chance to face Nadal again inside his temple, and he didn't let it slip away.

But now that same fate is giving him a great opportunity to take the top of the rankings.
From now until the end of Sinner's disqualification, there will be 4500 points at stake (Rio, Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid), and he only needs (net of those already discarded) around 2500 of those 4500 to become the new world number 1.

Carpe diem mister Zverev;

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@GloW
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So zverev isn't playing Acapulco? I haven't checked.
Anyway does he want to go to no. 1 this way and that too without winning a slam. Probably not. But if he gets to no. 1 , it will be good for Janniks PR. Atleast he lost something in the ban. People's perception will change
 
Sinners current points are 11830.
To drop
Rotterdam -500
Miami - 1000
MonteCarlo - 400
Madrid - 200
Total - 2100
So after Madrid it drops to 9730.

Zverev current points are 8135 .
Only 700 points to drop till Madrid.
So needs to earn 2300 points in this period to overcome Sinner at some point.
Ideally win 2 of the 4 masters.
 
Winner Sinner said:
The mocking fate in the semi-final of Roland Garros 2022 took away the possibility of defeating Nadal, but also of becoming the world number 1

Well...last year that same fate at Roland Garros gave him the chance to face Nadal again inside his temple, and he didn't let it slip away.

But now that same fate is giving him a great opportunity to take the top of the rankings.
From now until the end of Sinner's disqualification, there will be 4500 points at stake (Rio, Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid), and he only needs (net of those already discarded) around 2500 of those 4500 to become the new world number 1.

Carpe diem mister Zverev;

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@GloW
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Hopefully he does. That will really help him win RG if he is seeded #1 because he will likely have Medvedev/Fritz as his semifinalists. Both of them are not very good on clay while it is probably Zverev's best surface. Right now he is in great form and I hope that AO final loss doesn't affect him negatively, but rather acts as motivation for his grand slam journey. The Sinner ban will also allow him to likely have better draws as he will be seeded as #1. This will be perfect for him because Carlos and Novak aren't really his biggest threats, Sinner and Fritz are. With Sinner gone Fritz is the only one remaining that is most likely to upset Zverev. But, Fritz has not been playing very good if memory serves me right and I doubt him and Zverev will play against each other, therefore making this the perfect opportunity for Zverev to snatch that number one ranking from Sinner. Even if he doesn't get the #1 ranking by the time Sinner comes back he will still have a very good chance of getting it because Sinner will likely not be in form and might not defend enough points to keep the #1 ranking. ;):D
 
roysid said:
Sinners current points are 11830.
To drop
Rotterdam -500
Miami - 1000
MonteCarlo - 400
Madrid - 200
Total - 2100
So after Madrid it drops to 9730.

Zverev current points are 8135 .
Only 700 points to drop till Madrid.
So needs to earn 2300 points in this period to overcome Sinner at some point.
Ideally win 2 of the 4 masters.
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But he needs to watch out for Alcaraz behind him, who doesn't have a ton of points to defend before RG after missing MC, Barcelona and Rome.
 
MeatTornado said:
But he needs to watch out for Alcaraz behind him, who doesn't have a ton of points to defend before RG after missing MC, Barcelona and Rome.
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Carlos will not defend RG if he keeps playing like this. He doesn't need to worry about Carlos unless Carlos starts playing phenomenally again all of a sudden like last year.
 
MeatTornado said:
But he needs to watch out for Alcaraz behind him, who doesn't have a ton of points to defend before RG after missing MC, Barcelona and Rome.
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Alcaraz has 7510 points. Will drop 1400 from IW, Miami and Madrid i.e going to 6110 points.

So he has to win 3650 points till Madrid. He might go on a run and do that

Lets see how it goes. At the start of Rome, probably all 3 will be close on points
 
By doing so you waste the opportunity that was given to you.

Now I'm not saying that he should have won both South American clay tournaments with a pipe in his mouth, but almost, and instead he leaves the continent with two eliminations in the quarter-finals, terribly complicating the mission of becoming the 30th tennis player in the open era to become number 1.

With Zverev the feeling is that he is always missing a cent to complete the euro.
 
Sudacafan said:
And he should have won that RG if he didn’t break his ankle?
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I dont think so. He should have been two sets to love up by then. He was ahead many times and chocked as usual.

If he hadnt twisted his ankle, he would have lost the second set toebreak because by then Nadal had got into momentum. And after that tamely lose 3rd set.

Even if zed by chance win the 2nd set, ge would have lost sets 3 and 4
 
GloW said:
Hopefully he does. That will really help him win RG if he is seeded #1 because he will likely have Medvedev/Fritz as his semifinalists. Both of them are not very good on clay while it is probably Zverev's best surface. Right now he is in great form and I hope that AO final loss doesn't affect him negatively, but rather acts as motivation for his grand slam journey. The Sinner ban will also allow him to likely have better draws as he will be seeded as #1. This will be perfect for him because Carlos and Novak aren't really his biggest threats, Sinner and Fritz are. With Sinner gone Fritz is the only one remaining that is most likely to upset Zverev. But, Fritz has not been playing very good if memory serves me right and I doubt him and Zverev will play against each other, therefore making this the perfect opportunity for Zverev to snatch that number one ranking from Sinner. Even if he doesn't get the #1 ranking by the time Sinner comes back he will still have a very good chance of getting it because Sinner will likely not be in form and might not defend enough points to keep the #1 ranking. ;):D
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Would it really be helpful for Z to have Fritz as a semifinalist:-D?
 
Alexander has a big problem with using your body(1,98m) correctly, Medvedev(1,96) and Sinner(1,92) dealt with this problem...

Problems with coordination and movement come out the most in the final Slam, because of stress and nerves, and also the inability to close the match ...
 
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