No luck as a lucky charm
Sophia Thomalla sees Alexander Zverev lose
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This time, Alexander Zverev could have really made it at Wimbledon. After all, everything was going well in the round of 16 against Taylor Fritz. But then the game turned. Zverev's girlfriend Sophia Thomalla had to watch this from the stands.
When Alexander Zverev competes in the Wimbledon round of 16 against the American Taylor Fritz on Sunday, his girlfriend Sophia Thomalla is of course rooting for him in the stands. But no matter how loudly the 34-year-old supported him, in the end it was unfortunately in vain. The German suffered a five-set defeat in a dramatic match.
In the end, she too was left with only disappointment.
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Pictures from the match show the actress and presenter crossing her fingers for her partner. While in some of the pictures she appears to be watching the match with excitement, in other pictures she can be seen with her fist raised in the air and her mouth wide open.
Ultimately, Thomalla had to watch as the game turned after the first two sets, in which things had still looked good for Zverev. After the 27-year-old had given up his 2-0 set lead, he ultimately lost 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-7 (3-7) and 3-6.
“I don't need a provider”
It was by no means the first time that Thomalla wanted to support her friend in one of his matches. She regularly sits in the audience at Zverev's matches.
The two have been in a relationship since 2021. In the documentary “Zverev – The Unfinished”, the tennis pro revealed last year that they met through mutual friends. Then, according to Thomalla, everything happened “very quickly”. “Sometimes you talk to each other and think: 'Yeah, something could happen'. And then all of a sudden it happens,” she said.
Zverev is “definitely very, very emotionally private,” reported Thomalla, adding: “I don't need a provider. I need someone I can call 24 hours a day and vent my anger. And he's very good at that.” But if he needs to “vent” after his Wimbledon defeat, she will surely be there for him.
