Alexander Zverev on surface conditioning: “We lost something” (ATP Finals)

“You were used again after the game. Has it become a habit?
No, of course not. But we don’t often have access to center court here, so I still wanted to hit balls. It was a good game, but the balls were going very fast. There were a few rallies, but it was still very fast. So I wanted to work in rhythm, yes.

You only lost 10 points on your serve. Do you think the surface is fast, that it suits your game well?
In fact, I find the rabbit very slow. Too slow for indoor court. I’m not complaining about it because I like smooth cream. The rapids too, for that matter. I really don’t care much about the surface. But I think that there is a lack of playing styles in tennis that are different from each other. I think it’s because clay courts and hard courts are almost the same in terms of speed. There are only two tournaments that are really faster, Cincinnati and the Rolex Paris Masters. I regret this superficial unity a bit.

Before that, there was a real difference between a clay court and a hard outdoor court. For the tough guy, Indian Wells is pretty slow. Canada has always been fast, on the other hand, like Shanghai. I think we lost something by normalizing the landlords. I believe that when Roger (Federer) he was still on the tour, he was very different. I miss him a little. »