Germany’s Alexander Zverev beat England’s Cameron Norrie in Round 3 of Wimbledon 2024 on Saturday, 7 July. Zverev won in straight sets against the home town favourite, with the tie-break of the third set going to 17-15 in favour of Zverev. Speaking after the game, Zverev had an odd request to one of the members in the crowd. Zverev pointed to Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and requested the manager to return to Bayern Munich.
Zverev pleaded to Guardiola asking the former Spanish footballer to become his coach in case the latter was bored of football.
“Bayern Munich needs a coach man. If you’re tired of football you can coach me on the tennis court any time,” Zverev said after the match on Saturday.
Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich had earlier confirmed the appointment of Vincent Kompany as their head coach on a three-year contract from the 2024-25 season. Bayern secured the services of the former Manchester City captain after he parted ways with Burnley, who were relegated from the Premier League in the recently concluded season.
Bayern Munich announced that Vincent Kompany’s contract will run until June 2027. Kompany will replace Thomas Tuchel, who parted ways the club at the end of the season. Bayern finished third in the league, 18 points behind champions Bayer Leverkusen. Notably, Leverkusen ended Bayern Munich’s 11-season streak as the champions of the top-flight league in Germany. Bayern Munich were also knocked out in the semi-final of the Champions League after losing to Real Madrid.
ZVEREV VS NORRIE
In the game, Alexander Zverev survived an injury scare and an epic third-set tiebreak to beat Britain’s Cameron Norrie and match his best Wimbledon run by reaching the fourth round for the third time on Saturday.
The German produced a sensational display of serving to win 6-4 6-4 7-6(15) – finally ending Norrie’s rugged resistance by converting his sixth match point.
Zverev, 27, dropped only two points on serve in the third set, although one of them was a double fault that gave Norrie an early advantage in the tiebreak.
Norrie had five set points of his own to extend the contest and ask questions of Zverev’s knee which he appeared to strain when sliding and falling awkwardly early in the second set.
But Zverev, who struck the ball with clinical precision throughout the contest, never wavered and a Norrie cracked first on the 32nd point of the fiercely contested tiebreak, sending a shot over the baseline to end the duel.
Source Agencies
