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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nIt may be Sinner who dominates the rivalry now, but the pair\u2019s interactions had a whole different vibe through 2023. Zvere defeated Sinner in five sets in the round of 16 at the US Open that year, earning his fourth consecutive victory over the Italian and stretching his head-to-head advantage to 4-1.<\/p>\n
Did Sinner have a Zverev problem? Hardly.<\/p>\n
The Italian simply hadn\u2019t yet developed into the world-beating force he would become over the next three seasons.<\/p>\n
Tennis Express<\/p>\n Grass-Court RacquetsThe frames the pros swing<\/p>\n Shop racquets \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n Nowadays, it\u2019s Zverev who has a Sinner problem\u2014along with just about everyone else on tour. The German has lost nine consecutive matches to the Italian and has won just two of their last 21 sets.<\/p>\n Sascha, New and Improved?<\/p>\n Perhaps those last two sentences deserve a caveat.<\/p>\n What happened in Paris, where Zverev capitalized on Sinner\u2019s shocking second-round exit and stormed to his first Grand Slam title, appears to have changed everything for the German. He used to be known as the one who couldn\u2019t win the big one \u2013 the best player to have never won a Slam.<\/p>\n For the first time in years, Zverev is playing without the burden of chasing that elusive first major, and it shows.<\/p>\n Never considered a natural grass-court force\u2014just ask him, he\u2019ll tell you\u2014the 29-year-old has embraced the surface with newfound confidence. He\u2019s gripping it and ripping it, trusting his breathtaking power and delivering when it matters most. Through six matches at Wimbledon, he has won six of seven tiebreaks while dropping just two sets.<\/p>\n Does that make him the favorite on Sunday? Not at all.<\/p>\n But the possibility of Zverev changing the tone of this rivalry suddenly feels far more realistic, especially after the way he dismantled Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals. He had lost seven straight to the American entering that match and thoroughly dominated him in straight sets (though Fritz was clearly hampered by a knee injury).<\/p>\n Sinner, meanwhile, enters the final riding a 13-match Wimbledon winning streak and sporting a 43-3 record on the season.<\/p>\n Anyone who watched him overwhelm Novak Djokovic on Friday knows exactly what the Italian is capable of.<\/p>\n