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Originally Posted by bdubbs
That's kind of embarrassing...
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Yeah, it certainly is. The outbursts on successive days by Zverev yesterday and Oikos today are mainly fueled by the realization that the days for them contending for grand slams are fleeting. Zverev has all the tools, but he gets way too passive in the big moments of matches and just waits for his opponent to make a mistake. The problem is guys like Alcaraz and Sinner and Djokovic (still) will punish any short or weak ball and will take the match from you unless you decide not to give them that chance. Stef suffers with the same tight moments in big matches, but also has that shaky backhand wing which opponents will punish knowing it will break down.
So, for both Zverev and Stef, the easiest thing to do is blame others rather than trying to fix their respective games.