Alexander Zverev - "I just have to win again"
Alexander Zverev lost to Daniil Medvedev for the third time this season on Tuesday evening. The German number one position also moves to Jan-Lennard Struff .
by tennisnet.com
last edit: May 17, 2023, 07:12 am
Interviews shortly after losing matches are often not a good idea. Alexander Zverev also recognized this a posteriori with regard to his words in Monte Carlo, when he described Daniil Medvedev as one of the most unfair players on the ATP tour. In Rome, Zverev lost to Medvedev again, this time taking a few minutes longer break before his post-match conversation with Sky's Moritz Lang. However, the frustration was deep in the German number one.
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Incidentally, a position that Alexander Zverev has already lost in the live ranking. Next Monday, the ATP charts will show Jan-Lennard Struff as the best-ranked German player. Was now number 26 with Zverev behind him. If Struff does well in Bordeaux, the gap could increase a little.
Good memories don't help Zverev
But back to Zverev. He didn't want to go deep into the analysis. In the end, despite a stronger second set, he lost this match as well. Exactly such encounters are the most important to you: "I just have to win again." The best-ranked player, whom Alexander Zverev beat in the 2023 season, remains Robert Bautista Agut (the Spaniard arrived in Monte Carlo as number 28 in the world ).
Rome became just as little an experience of revival as Madrid before it. The good memories of places where he has already won the title (at least) once did not inspire Zverev in such a way that he was able to beat a top five man. In Madrid came the end against the later champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Set in Roland Garros
So now it's off to Roland Garros. and the good news for Zverev is that he will be among the 32 seeded players. This saves meeting with the really big chunks until at least round three. On the other hand, there are also players who can annoy the really big ones out of nowhere. Like Fabian Marozsan in Rome against Carlos Alcaraz.
The fact that Zverev can defend his semifinals at the French Open from the previous year seems far-fetched at the moment. But that wouldn't be so bad either: After that, as is well known, every point that Alexander Zverev scores in his performances on the ATP tour counts.
Here the single tableau in Rome
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