Alexander “Sascha” Zverev had a tremendous 2017 where, at 20-years-old, he became the youngest player to rank in the top-three since Novak Djokovic did so a decade ago.

He won two Masters 1000 crowns, by defeating Djokovic and Roger Federer in the finals of Rome and Montreal, and he qualified for the ATP Finals in London for the first time.

But Sascha’s end to the season witnessed a drop off from the young German, who compiled a 4-5 win-loss record in his last four tournaments of the year and signed off from the ATP Finals with a defeat to Jack Sock.

“I choked. It’s quite easy. Won the second set 6-1. I was 1-0 with a break. He got a point penalty. I was down 1-4 within 10 minutes where I didn’t put many balls in the court. When I got back at 4-5, that’s one of the worst games I think I played all year. So, yeah, I just choked,” was Sascha’s deadpan explanation during his final press conference of the year.

In the video above, Sport360‘s Reem Abulleil and Spanish tennis journalist Marta Mateo (La Vanguardia, ATP Espanol) analyse Sascha’s season finale and how it can impact him in the future. They also discuss his partnership with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero and whether it’s a relationship that will last.

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