Kate wore a purple floor-sweeping Jenny Packham dress accessorised with Diana, Princess of Wales’s earrings.
Zverev shrugged off a woeful recent record against Sinner to claim the first set but the Italian triumphed 6-7 (7) 7-6 (2) 6-3 6-4.
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