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Tennis Star Fumes After His Luggage Ends Up 8700 Miles Away

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist won’t get to participate in the first round.

Tennis star Alexander Zverev was left fuming when he arrived in Buenos Aires to compete in the Argentina Open only for his luggage to be sent miles away in another direction, The Sun reported. The 27-year-old German is currently the world’s No. 2 player, with 23 ATP Tour title wins under his belt. Instead of arriving at the Open’s host city, his luggage ended up in the Maldives—about 8,700 miles away from Zverev. He complained on Instagram about his predicament, but not without a little humor. “Could anyone explain to me how on earth it is possible for me to fly from Rome to Buenos Aires but my bags instead of coming with me being sent to the Maldives? I guess they need a vacation already,” he wrote. Although the tournament officials afforded him 24 hours to get his luggage redirected, these misplaced bags have set the tennis star back. The mishap meant Zverev had to skip the first round of the Open and skip straight to facing either Dusan Lajovic of Serbia, or Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain, in the second round. After facing a loss in the Australian Open to Italian Jannik Sinner this will be Zverev’s opportunity to bounce back.