Becker: Zverev "is trapped in a dark room somewhere"
Alexander Zverev needs a wake-up call after his terrifying appearances at the ATP Cup in Brisbane, according to Boris Becker. "He is trapped somewhere in a dark room and is looking for the light switch. But he has to be ready to want to look for him," said the team captain of the German team of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).
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Becker also suggested hiring a new coach for Zverev. Since the separation from Ivan Lendl last year, the 22-year-old from Hamburg has been cared for by his father again. "I think that the father will always play a role in tennis life and otherwise with Sascha and with his brother Mischa," said Becker: "But I would hope he would soon find a new coach. Probably in the next two weeks not, but maybe in February, and that he sometimes spends time alone with the coach. "
Zverev should "hear new voices" and do "new forms of training". "I think as long as the father plays such a dominant role on the training ground, it will ultimately always go to his head," said Becker, who lost Zverevs to Alex de Minaur, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Denis Shapovalov at the national tournament in Australia - Captain pursued up close.
Becker worries about Zverev
According to Becker, he can put himself in the position of Zverev well. "The legs want, but the head doesn't," said the 52-year-old: "It will happen again and again, the fight against yourself is never over. He is currently losing this fight." He worries that Zverev "runs in the wrong direction".