Zverev, after the abandonment of Djokovic at the Open of Australia

“A word about the abandonment of Novak Djokovic, this Friday in the semi-finals of the Australian Open at 7-6 [5]…
I didn’t expect it. I felt like we had just played a very high level first set. But with a muscle injury … I mean, after the first set, he knew that, to fight, it was going to have to fight at least three hours more. And it’s very complicated with a tear or muscle injury to be able to continue playing at high intensity, because it does not work out. And in the worst scenarios, it gets worse. We may have in this case we were. As I said on the court, I only have respect for him, I totally admire him. But that’s how it is.