2023-05-17 09:38:14
The semi-finals at the French Open last year are becoming more and more traumatic for Alexander Zverev (26)!
of Germany The Olympic tennis champion was nodded in a duel with Rafael Nadal, seven ligaments in his right foot were torn, resulting in a seven-month break. Since then, almost nothing has worked together, Boris Becker has already warned …
On Tuesday, Zverev lost 2: 6, 6: 7 (3: 7) against the Russian Daniil Medvedev in the round of 16 of the Masters in Romeslipped through bankruptcy in the world rankings behind Jan-Lennard Struff (33) and is no longer the highest-ranked German professional for the first time since August 2016.
Zverev completely frustrated with “sky”: “I have to win, and then it will work itself out. I don’t know what else to say now. Right now I’m playing the worst tennis this year, probably since 2015, 2016.”
Alexander Zverev settles accounts with himself!
At the tournament in Dubai at the beginning of March, the Hamburg player reached the semifinals (3:6, 6:7 against Andrei Rublev), it was the biggest success of the year. In all other high-paying tournaments, it was over in the round of 16 at the latest against top players like Medvedev or the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.
Zverev: “I’m still 1000 kilometers away. To say you’re back you have to win at least once and I don’t do that. I’m out earlier than I would like. Somehow I can’t manage to get any further in the tournament at the moment.”
Maybe Paris, the legendary “Roland Garros” facility, will be the turning point and Zverev can mentally leave the serious foot injury behind him there of all places.
The French Open starts on May 28th!
This is how the Nagelsmann dismissal went “Are you kidding me?”
By the way: Jan-Lennard Struff is pretty relaxed about his role as the new German number one in the world rankings. The Madrid finalist: “In Alex we have someone who has been the clear number one in Germany for years. The fact that I’m now so close to him is only due to his long injury and the fact that I didn’t have any points to defend. I am sure that he will soon be higher up the rankings again.”
Maybe even after the two weeks in Paris…
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