“I was lucky in the accident and didn’t suffer any bone damage. That’s what the doctors thought at first,” he said.
Zverev had been pushed off the court in a wheelchair, and later he hobbled on crutches.
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“He won’t be someone who plays immediately when he’s ready for it the first second. If I play the US Open (live on Eurosport from August 29), it’s not for a round or two, but to win it. Me won’t come back until I’m in this shape.”
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The 25-year-old is currently doomed to inactivity. “I don’t do much, I lie on the bed with my dogs, but I also go to the gym twice a day,” said the second in the world rankings. “I’m still wearing a cast and splints. But I’m trying to keep my upper body fit. I don’t get any painkillers like I did after the accident.”
He will only start rehab in “two or three weeks”.
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Zverev is currently wearing a splint: “It’s heavy and annoying at night. Two or three kilos on your feet are bad for sleeping. I’m relatively thin, so it’s a little tight everywhere.” The pain immediately after twisting was “madness”: “As if someone shoots me in the foot.”
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Zverev looked back at the ankle with unease. “I only remember three noises. Noises that sound like something breaking. In quick succession: crack, crack, crack, very quickly. Then I was in extreme pain, it was crazy. As if someone was in my Foot shoots,” said the Hamburger.
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A few days later he analyzed what had happened together with his doctor in Munich: “He explained to me in super slow motion what happened and when. I felt sick,” said Zverev.
After Zverev twisted his ankle, Nadal rushed to his opponent’s help. An action for which the German only had words of praise. “He’s a champion, you can see that from the front and the back. And above all, he’s a good person,” explained Zverev. “He saw what was going on from the start and knows I’m not an actor and I’m rolling on the floor screaming and then walking around like nothing happened.”
Zverev: “It was a legendary match”
Zverev is still disappointed that the match ended in this way. The game would have had a lot to offer, especially in terms of sport. “It was a legendary match that would have been madness that would have been remembered for a long time. So it was a shame from a sporting point of view and very disappointing how it ended. So there were tears of disappointment and because of the pain in the foot,” he said further out.
In the days that followed, Zverev received numerous wishes for recovery. Among them, a statement meant a lot to him. “Dominic Thiem touched my heart. He knows what it’s like and how difficult the way back will be. His example shows that the way is not that easy,” said Zverev.
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