Alexander Zverev pointed to the weather conditions as a contributing factor to his defeat against Novak Djokovic on Wednesday. The third seed won the first set against Djokovic but then lost the remaining three to go crashing out of the French Open at the quarter-final stage.
Zverev said: “I think it was a bit also conditions. It was very, very cold. So my serve speed was not very high. Again, as I said, I think when the sun completely went down, it was difficult for me to get through the court a little bit.
“It was difficult for me to find, you know, kind of ways to be dominant in the rally, because my serve was neutralized very well by him. Then also, I felt like my groundstrokes, every time I tried to be aggressive, I was not really doing much. It was difficult for me to find a solution, I think, in the cold conditions.”
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