Overview
- Sophia Thomalla marked Monday’s 29th birthday with 14 Instagram photos of Alexander Zverev sleeping, many featuring their dachshund Mishka.
- Her caption read, “Happy Birthday my love. Thank you for these 5 THRILLING years.”
- Zverev’s weekend ended with a BMW Open semifinal loss to Italy’s Flavio Cobolli, 3–6, 3–6, which ended his title defense in Munich.
- After the defeat he said he would skip a big birthday party to rest, pointing to the quick turnaround before the tournament in Madrid that starts Wednesday.
- With Carlos Alcaraz out injured, Zverev enters Madrid as the No. 2 seed, a draw that could push any meeting with world No. 1 Jannik Sinner to the final.