Before his start as a title contender at the US Open, Alexander Zverev took the opportunity to explore New York with his girlfriend Sophia Thomalla.
On Tuesday (August 29) Alexander Zverev (26) will start the last Grand Slam tournament of the year and make another attempt to win his first Grand Slam title.
Exactly three years ago, Zverev reached his only final at one of the four most important tennis tournaments in the world in the same place. At that time he lost to the Austrian Dominic Thiem after a 2-0 lead in five sets.
Alexander Zverev at the US Open
It should be less dramatic at the start against the Australian Aleksandar Vukic. Although the 50th in the ATP world rankings is a largely blank slate for him.
“We’ve never played against each other, but he played quite well on hard court,” said Zverev, praising the form of his first-round opponent after his performances in Atlanta/Georgia and Toronto.
But even with the German, the form curve is pointing steeply upwards. After all, Zverev had beaten the Russian Daniil Medvedev about a week ago at the dress rehearsal in Cincinnati and thus for the first time after his severe ankle injury in June 2022 a top 10 player.
It was only in the semi-finals against the later tournament winner and Grand Slam record winner Novak Djokovic, one of the two top favorites at the US Open alongside defending champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Zverev and girlfriend Sophia Thomalla in New York
This is how Zverev, who has climbed back to twelfth place in the world rankings, looks self-confident and balanced – on and off the pitch. A few days before the sporting start, he took a relaxed stroll through Central Park, one of the few “places in New York where you can go for a leisurely stroll”. Then he slipped into the tourist role alongside his girlfriend Sophia Thomalla.
“I had two days off,” said Zverev with a grin, “one day I had to visit museums and the Empire State Building as a good friend. But it was also interesting, I have to say.”
But now it’s “back to business” for him. In Queens, in Flushing Meadows, at the US Open. (sid)
2023-08-28 14:55:00
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