“You are ruining the whole tournament”, Zverev also complains about the referees

It’s definitely a Masters 1000 like no other. After Frances Tiafoe’s insult towards Carlos Bernardes at the end of his match, it is Alexander Zverev’s turn to criticize the refereeing in Shanghai.

While facing the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor and considering himself the victim of a refereeing error, the world number 3 complained about a change of sides to Mohamed Lahyani: “You are ruining the entire tournament. Carlos Bernardes completely ruined Stan’s match. The guy in the Tiafoe match completely screwed up the match. And now this is it? How is this possible? » he said before swinging his racket. The German’s anger is undoubtedly legitimate even if the errors during the Tiafoe and Wawrinka matches were undoubtedly more visible.

Despite this incident, Alexander Zverev still ended up winning 7-6.2-6.7-6 against the Dutchman. He will face Belgian David Goffin in the round of 16.