Alexander Zverev: Back and Better than Ever

“I’m back,” said Alexander Zverev after beating Sinner in five sets in the round of 16 at the US Open. The German believes that his complicated journey back to the tennis elite, after the serious injury he suffered last year at Roland Garros, has ended successfully. The broken right ankle when he was playing against Nadal in the Paris semifinals kept him from playing for seven months. He was in magnificent form after making the semifinals in Monte Carlo and Rome, and the final in Madrid. Not only because of the results, but also because of his attitude on the court, less arrogant.

His evolution was cut short and the return was not easy. In Australia he didn’t make it past the second round, and it wasn’t until his return to Bologna Forest that he started to feel good again. She had just broken off her professional relationship with Sergi Bruguera, after the Mutua Open, leaving the responsibility for his preparation in the hands of his father. There he made the semifinals, also in Halle at the start of the grass season, and after stumbling at Wimbledon (third round against Berrettini), he won the title in Hamburg, on clay. In Cincinnati, already on hard court, he returned to the penultimate round and now threatens Alcaraz in the quarterfinals in New York.

“This is what I live for, what I love to do, although I do love shorter matches,” the controversial German quipped. “When I couldn’t compete, these were the things I longed for, playing until half past one in the morning in a packed Arthur Ashe, there’s nothing better,” he added. At 26 years old, he is in time to reach fulfillment and success.

2023-09-06 01:30:52
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