Alexander Zverev has revealed that his plane – from Hamburg to Paris – was forced to make an emergency landing after being struck by lightning, forcing a late arrival.

Zverev was – most recently – sensationally knocked out of the ATP 500 event in Hamburg, having been beaten by Alexandre Muller in the round of 16, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(5).

“My trip over was phenomenal, actually,” the world No 3 stated, during his French Open press conference.

“Some funny stories there. My trip here was funny because we were supposed to fly yesterday evening at 6.45pm. We took off from Hamburg and we were flying together with [Jiri] Lehecka, [Brandon] Nakashima, some doubles guys – and we got struck by lightning.

“So we had to do an emergency landing back in Hamburg. Couldn’t find another plane, so everybody els

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