- Sixth seed ‘completely sick’ after Sinner’s 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win
- Covid-like symptoms were not reported to organisers
Alexander Zverev has revealed that he competed while sick with breathing issues and fever during his 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 loss to Jannik Sinner of Italy in the Roland Garros fourth round. The 23-year-old received on-court treatment by a tournament doctor and he was pictured coughing after his first discussion with the medic while trailing 1-4 in the first set. He later said that he suffered a 38C fever on Saturday night, a possible symptom of Covid-19.
“What can I say? I’m completely sick,” he said in his post-match press conference. “I can’t really breathe, as you can hear by my voice. I had fever, you know, as well. Yeah, I’m not in the best physical state, I would say. I think that had a little bit of an effect on the match today.”
Written by Tumaini Carayol
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/04/jannik-sinner-beats-alexander-zverev-to-reach-french-open-quarter-finals under the title “Alexander Zverev played Jannik Sinner with breathing problems”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
