Alexander Zverev was bothered by an officiating call caused by a bird’s feather during his quarterfinal win over Tommy Paul at the Australian Open. Both players found it hard to let go of a previous,

Alexander Zverev was left bemused after the umpire stopped play in the middle of a rally when a bird's feather floated down on the court during his quarter-final against Tommy Paul at the Australian Open on Tuesday.

Alexander Zverev got extremely annoyed with Nacho Forcadell and it happened because of a very bizarre reason as the German couldn't believe that the chair umpire stopped a point because a feather fell onto the court.

Alexander Zverev reached his third Australian Open semi-final with a four-set win over American Tommy Paul. The second seed, who is bidding for a first Grand Slam title, had lost both his previous two meetings against Paul but proved the stronger in the big moments to win 7-6 (1) 7-6 (0) 2-6 6-1.

Alexander Zverev warned Sunday he can "do a lot of damage" at the Australian Open but is wary of "smart" quarter-final opponent Tommy Paul.

Alexander Zverev said Tuesday he believes he can reach the Australian Open final for the first time and is primed for a "very intense and high-level" clash to get there -- with Novak Djokovic or Carlos Alcaraz standing in his way.