Expert: Opponents have deciphered Zverev game
01.07.2025 20:52 | 1: 28m
The dream of the first Grand Slam title for Alexander Zverev in Wimbledon has already dreamed of after round one. RTL expert Marc Gabel classifies the bankruptcy number one.
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For the 14th time this year Alexander Zverev loses a match. But this round of rounds in Wimbledon against Arthur Rinderknecht, number 72 in the world, it hurts particularly, because the Frenchman did not even play outstandingly. But Alexander Zverev really got a raven -black day. Both on Monday evening, when he was simply not very well cope with the flat balls of Rinderknecht when the hall roof is closed. And it was astonishing for me that even when continuing the match, he couldn’t really build on his actually good shape. He had good lawn results in front of this Wimbledon tournament, but could not put the game on the street at all. And the opponents of Alexander Zverev? They managed to decipher the German game a bit this year. Namely, not to let long rallies play, give it a lot of rhythm. The opposite did Arthur Rinderknecht. He tried to break Alexander Zverev’s rhythm, to often get him online, to play a lot of stops. That is exactly what Alexander Zverev doesn’t like. That is exactly what all experts say. But what he has to pack on top if he wants to win a Grand Slam. During the last defeat at the French Open against Novak Djokovic, he moved quite a bit and reacted quite stubborn than it was about such discussions. He holds tight and stubbornly at his coaching team. He sticks to his father as a coach. And as long as that doesn’t change, I don’t think that Alexander Zverev’s game will develop. But it takes that, because you can see that very clearly now. He has to develop his game further, otherwise a Grand Slam victory will actually be impossible for the German.