After the defeat in the quarter -finals of the French Open, Alexander Zverev competes at the Rasm tournament in Stuttgart. The Hamburger has been playing on the Weissenhof for the first time since 2019 and is starting to prepare for Wimbledon.
The question of the T-shirt color was the first. Sattes Green wore Alexander Zverev before his first training session at the Weißenhof tournament in Stuttgart. Whether the green symbolize hope and at the same time allude to the green of the lawn. But the answer of the number three in the world was rather sober for the journalists present. “No, the first thing that was in my pocket was very easy.”
The 28-year-old was still missing the first training session on lawn until he arrived in Stuttgart, and he gives great hope for the tournament as a Wimbledon preparation. “Last year I played the best lawn tennis in my career – unfortunately until the injury”. The facility is still beautiful “And I think the anticipation is also big with the fans and hopefully will be a nice week.”
Zverev criticizes Boris Becker and Barbara Rittner
Zverev in Stuttgart was still clearly noticeable in the trouble about the Paris disappointment and the subsequent criticism of former German tennis greats. Boris Becker and Barbara Rittner criticized Germany’s best tennis player after their criticism about being at the French Open, in which he failed in the quarterfinals on the Serb Novak Djokovic.
Instead, he defended his role as number three in the world. “I still see myself as a candidate to compete against the two boys.” He alluded to French Open winner Carlos Alcaraz and his inferior final opponent Jannik Sinner from Italy. “I lost to Djokovic and not against Hans-Peter, who is number 250 in the world,” said Zverev.
Play from Paris directly to Mallorca to golf
From Paris, Zverev went straight to Mallorca to play golf to get his head free. “36 holes every day, but I wasn’t on the Ballermann if that is the question,” the Hamburger made it clear. Now the focus from golf in Mallorca is back onto tennis sports – in Stuttgart. Zverev’s first encounter is expected to rise on Thursday after a frozen at the start.
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