This win marked Zverev’s first appearance in a grass-court final in eight years. The last time he accomplished that was at the ATP 500 event in Halle in 2017, where he lost the championship match to Roger Federer. The year before, the German star also reached the final there but was defeated by Florian Mayer.

Zverev praised Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, acknowledging the level of tennis they provided in the title clash on Court Philippe-Chatrier. World no. 3 understands the young guns are ahead of him, and he wants to catch up.

Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev are bugging out during their French Open quarterfinal. Both players have been bothered by little flies that are zooming around Court Philippe-Chatrier as they compete Wednesday night.

Top seed and home favourite Alexander Zverev beat Brandon Nakashima 7-5 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open on Friday while Americans Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton also reached the last four.

Alexander Zverev dealt with some grass-court rust, digging deep to hold off Corentin Moutet for a 6-2, 7-6(7) opening-round victory.

The incident comes just two days after Moutet and Fabio Fognini's frosty handshake following their fiery clash on Tuesday. The Frenchman came away with a three-set win in a match that included a smashed racket and a verbal exchange between the pair at the net after the contest finished.

Alexander Zverev has fired back at Boris Becker after the tennis legend urged the world No. 6 to shake up his coaching team by axing his father and brother