John McEnroe shoots both barrels at Alexander Zverev after Jannik Sinner defeat

John McEnroe thought Alexander Zverev looked ‘flat as a pancake’ in his Australian Open final defeat against Jannik Sinner.

Sinner only dropped two sets over the course of the year’s first Grand Slam tournament but sickness and injury issues forced him to dig deep. The Italian suffered dizziness and was seen shaking during his fourth-round win over Holger Rune.

Cramps and spasms then struck against Ben Shelton in the semi-finals. But McEnroe believes that Zverev looked more like the player in physical distress on Sunday, as he was unable to put Sinner under any real pressure despite the 23-year-old’s rocky road to the final in Melbourne.

“I thought he’d try and get into a war of attrition,” McEnroe told Eurosport. “Try and test Sinner, who cramped two days ago and got sick four days ago. He wasn’t able to do that, but you have to give credit to Jannik, who took him right out of the match.”