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<\/p>\nAlexander Zverev might not get a better chance to win a Grand Slam than he has right now at Roland Garros, especially after Jannik Sinner\u2019s surprise second-round exit. <\/p>\n
Sinner, who came in as the tournament\u2019s top seed, was knocked out on Thursday after losing in five sets to Juan Manuel Cerundolo.<\/p>\n
The Italian\u2019s defeat ends the run of nine straight majors won between him and Carlos Alcaraz, who is missing this year\u2019s French Open through injury.<\/p>\n
That opens the door for Zverev, who now sits as the highest-seeded player left in the draw and finds himself under more pressure than ever to deliver.<\/p>\n
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\n Photo by Neal Simpson\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty Images\n <\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAndy Roddick weighs in on Alexander Zverev\u2019s Hall of Fame credentials<\/p>\n
Speaking on an episode of \u2018Served\u2019, Roddick said of Zverev: \u201cHe is going to feel equal parts opportunity and pressure.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is his moment, time. Maybe the first time, even though he has had so much success, he is the favourite at this point in a Slam, or at least he thinks he\u2019s the favourite.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll eyes on Novak against Fonseca, and then if Novak falls into the quarters, I think he automatically falls into the favourite based on experience and success.<\/p>\n
\u201cZverev though, would tell you this, if he does not win a Slam, is he a Hall of Fame? I don\u2019t know, it hasn\u2019t worked that way recently. If he wins a Slam there is no question. He\u2019s at 550 wins already and it\u2019s not like he\u2019s fading, he\u2019s won 30 matches already this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis career metrics outside of a Slam are better than a lot of people who are in, including myself. If you look at Masters 1000 won, he won year in championships, he won the Olympics. There is no doubt.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I\u2019m in, he is in. But it literally is going to be about him winning a Slam or not winning a Slam. That is going to be a lot of sleep with for the next 10 nights. But we have seen that he can do it. He is not streaky.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not as if he\u2019s going to come out and miss every ball. But if you are that guy, and he has said time after time, I am the next one. It\u2019s those two and then I\u2019m the guy. Well, this is it. This is it! This is the chance.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust so we are clear. There are no easy passes. Someone is hurt, and someone loses, the best player of all time is still in the draw.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev might not get a better chance to win a Grand Slam than he has right now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-702398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}