The image is striking.
Rare.
Almost like a baroque and disjointed match.
On crutches, right foot in the air and eyes reddened with tears, Alexander Zverev returns to Central to shake hands with the referee to seal his abandonment, receive the ovation from the public and the hug from Rafael Nadal, qualified without finish fighting for his 14th Sunday high mass at Roland-Garros.
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