Criticism of the brother
Becker about Zverev: “The tears came to me”
08.07.2025 – 00:14 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Boris Becker reacts emotionally to Alexander Zverev’s statements about his own mental problems. The tennis legend reports to German number one and gives advice.
London (dpa) – Boris Becker has expressed great pity with Alexander Zverev, according to his statements in Wimbledon, about his own mental statements and contacted the currently best German tennis player. “I saw the press conference and tears came to me. A person opened up and said I have problems, I have mental problems, help me,” said Becker in podcast with Andrea Petković.
“I found it incredibly sad. Of course, I immediately contacted him and looked at whether everything was okay,” said the 57-year-old. Zverev sent him “thumbs up”.
After his first round-off at the classic lawyer, Zverev reported that he was mentally in a hole and it was difficult for him to find joy outside the tennis court. He may need therapy for the first time in his life.
Becker spoke with concern about his “sporty pull son”. Zverev had let his soul wander for a few days, the three -time Wimbledon winner reported. “He’s fine.”
Zverev had announced that something had to change in him, which did not necessarily have to do with tennis. He will freeze for a few weeks and hope to be able to give more answers at the Masters 1000 tournament in Toronto, Canada at the end of July, what he would do. The Olympic champion is currently still on the registration list for the clay court tournament in Gstaad, which takes place after Wimbledon in mid -July.
“My advice would be: please, please, please, don’t play a Gstaad,” said Becker. “Take your partner Sophia, go, you have a lot of money. Rent a boat, drive into the Aegean, make island shopping, but please come back to you so that you have the strength to play again on the tennis court. Tennis must now be secondary.”
Becker also criticized Zverev’s brother and manager Mischa. As a TV expert, the latter had taken a “strange role” and spoke “almost empathy”. Mischa Zverev said that after a few days of break, training was going on again this week.
Becker had recently advised Zverev in the quarter -finals of the French Open against the Serbian top star Novak Djokovic to separate himself from his father as a coach and the usual environment. Zverev had clearly countered at the Rasm tournament in Stuttgart.