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Let’s go back to the turning point in this match for a moment.
It was midway through the third an ever-so-tight set, when Alcaraz’s two-set lead was compromised as he pulled up lame after stretching to a retrieve a ball.
As the match paused for Alcaraz to receive treatment, the big question was whether he was, in fact, injured or simply suffering from cramps on this humid day at Melbourne Park.
Zverev was clear in what he thought, as he remonstrated with the officials in his native German tongue.
“This is total nonsense,” he said. “What short of bullshit is this? He’s only got cramp. “It’s inconceivable, it’s unbelievable … that can’t be deemed injury time.
And to top it off, Zverev imitated the greatest tennis tantrum-thrower of all time, John McEnroe, by telling the officials, “You can’t be serious!”
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