Alexander Zverev was self-critical after his knockout round at the Australian Open. “At the end of the day it just wasn’t good enough,” he said after beating Canadian Denis Shapovalov 3:6, 6:7 (5:7), 3:6.
“There are no excuses. There is nothing. I have to take it on my own and try to do the best,” said the third in the world rankings.
Zverev was one of the favorites at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year and had traveled to Australia with the aim of winning the title. “I could sit here right now and say, ‘I’ve got a cold and something else.’ But no, I’m always very honest. I do not have anything. I just had a shitty week, to be honest,” said the 24-year-old from Hamburg.
Due to the absence of Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open, his chances of winning the first Grand Slam title had increased.
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Zverev is frustrated. And combative at the same time: “I will still do everything I can to lift the Grand Slam trophy at some point,” said the 2020 Melbourne semi-finalist: “Of course it’s silly to talk about it at the moment because I’m in lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open”.