Boris Becker on Alexander Zverev's chances in Paris: "Got him on the list"
Boris Becker trustsAlexander Zverev to win the title at the French Open in Paris.
by SID / tennisnet
last edit: May 15, 2021, 03:05 pm
Alexander Zverev has a chance of winning the title at the French Open in Paris (May 30th to June 13th) - at least that's what Boris Becker believes. "It's a question of little things, like the draw or the physique", Becker said in the Eurosport interview: "How do you survive the first round, who is the first opponent that is set high? All of this plays a role, but I have him absolutely on the list that he can win Paris. "
To clearly beat Nadal on clay in Spain, as Zverev had last on the way to his tournament victory in Madrid, "not everyone can do that," said Becker: "Then Thiem and Berrettini too, who played a sentence and a half almost like a madman played. He stayed cool. " Zverev could "smell and taste the long-awaited title at a Grand Slam tournament - maybe he can already hear it".
In addition to winning the tournament in Madrid, Zverev played at three tournaments in the current clay court season: In Monte Carlo, it was defeated in the round of 16 against David Goffin, in Munich it was over one round later against Ilya Ivashka. Most recently, Rafael Nadal returned the favor in Rome in the round of eight for the defeat in the Spanish capital.