The match was dragging along and while the 23,000 day session spectators enjoyed the match, there were 23,000 waiting outside in the rain for the night session to start. But the Austrian flicked a switch to reel off seven straight games, taking the opener and a 3-0 lead in the second. “I think,” Lopez said, “he’s OK. Open on account of tweaking his back in August meant that his timing was off. What makes the left-handed Zverev stand out is his playing style, almost a throwback to a previous generation when serve and volley tennis was the norm. By comparison, there was less than a second separating the top five in Belgium – the longest circuit of all – in qualifying. With both Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma in cruise control, having a backup like Rahane is of course a happy problem. Look at Jose Brasa, Terry Walsh and Paul van Ass… There are people who fund these programmes. supremacy, Zverev has shown that it is possible to take the attack to the opposition, winning 41 of 57 points at the net in his third-round win over John Isner, the 10th seed. He probably planned several even before key mistakes by goalkeeper Tim Howard and central defenders Tim Ream and Geoff Cameron led to goals Friday night.