Tennis: Zverev jokingly asked Djokovic to let him win a Slam. Interestingly, Djokovic later retired mid-match when the two faced each other.
Watch every ball of The 2025 Women’s Ashes Series LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo | New to Kayo?And we’re not saying Alex Zverev spoke Novak Djokovic’s shock semi-final exit into existence - but a moment from his pre-Australian Open press conference sure feels prophetic.
Zverev replied: “Trying to figure out the unknown . Is that a good answer? Trying to figure out the unknown. We believe that we know stuff, but actually we know very little. Learning with the process. The pair laughed and went their separate ways but after Djokovic gave Zverev a walkover into the final, the moment had a bit of extra bite to it.
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