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Zverev's US Open Loss Puts Him Among Top 20 Most Disappointing Major Performances So Far

Zverev's US Open Loss Puts Him Among Top 20 Most Disappointing Major Performances So Far

We are into the quarterfinals at the 2018 US Open. No matter what happens in the final days of the event, we already know that one of the major storylines of this year will be Alexander Zverev’s failure to get to the second week. Zverev’s third round loss to Philipp Kohlschreiber makes the 14th loss at a slam, 13 of which have been before the quarterfinals. With this slam record, what hopes does the twenty-one year-old have for getting that elusive first Major?