Alexander Zverev Found His US Open Loss To Borna Coric Very Upsetting

After having been favored to make the US Open final once Andy Murray withdrew, Alexander Zverev fell flat Wednesday losing to fellow 20-year-old Borna Coric in four sets 36, 75, 76(1), 76(4).

Zverev, who had won 10 of 11 matches over the summer, was just 1/11 on break points and hit 58 unforced errors to 43 winners.

“It’s upsetting,” Zverev said. “Today was upsetting. The way I played was upsetting. The tournament so far is upsetting for me. I know that I could have done some big things here. I know that I could have done something that I haven’t done before. But I won’t. It’s just as simple as that.”

Zverev felt he belonged in the discussion to win the title, but it just didn’t work out that way after a very good summer.

“I took time off after Cincinnati,” he said. “Physically I’m fine. I just played very, very bad in the second and third set. I should have won the third. I definitely should have won the fourth.

“But, you know, it’s upsetting because the draw is pretty open in the bottom part. I felt like I should have been the favored there. You know, I just played a very, very bad match, so it’s unfortunate. But that’s how it is.”