Boris Becker sees Alexander Zverev as number one in the world in 2022
Boris Beckerhas come out as Alexander Zverev 's biggest fan in the Eurosport podcast "The Yellow from the Ball". And expects that the now two-time ATP world champion will reach the top of the world rankings in the coming year.
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Nov 24, 2021, 08:14 pm
Observers of the tennis scene have known for several years that Boris Becker has great affection for Alexander Zverev. With the second triumph at the ATP Finals last Sunday in Turin, Zverev has now fired the imagination of the three-time Wimbledon champion even more. In any case, Becker leaned quite a long way out of the window in the podcast "The Yellow from the Ball" - as far as the prospects for Germany's number one for the year 2022 are concerned.
And so Boris Becker spoke about ...
... the strong indoor season for Alexander Zverev with the grand finale in Turin:
“He's shown consistently strong performances in the indoor season too. He didn't play a weak match in Turin either. He lost a spectacular match against Medvedev, but actually stayed strong and never had a weak period. For me, the semi-final against Djokovic was maybe the highlight because they both played really well. Novak played a great match, but Sascha was a bit better. And how he then won the final 6: 4, 6: 4 ... The night was short - I don't know where he lost his strength, but that was extremely strong! "
... Zverev as Becker's successor as the best German tennis player:
“I saw the prize money list on Monday and it has now overtaken me. What you forgot to mention: You get a lot more prize money for the same victory today than you did 20 or 30 years ago. You have to see it all in relation, but that's a nice problem. I would like him to become the most successful German tennis player of all time. Then we would all have a lot to celebrate and we would have another tennis boom in Germany. So we would all win. I'm his biggest fan and I would treat him to it. "
... Sascha's goal to become number one in the world:
“You won't do it without a Grand Slam victory. The next big goal for Sascha Zverev has to be number one. He can do it next year in my eyes. But that only works if he wins one or two Grand Slam tournaments, otherwise one of the competitors will make it. You could see it this year: The clear number one was Djokovic with three Grand Slam victories, the clear number two was Medvedev with one Grand Slam victory and the clear number three was Sascha - and there are reasons for that. Certainly a world championship title is an absolute highlight in the career - he has now won it for the second time - and the victory at the Olympics was certainly unique, but the next big triumph has to be a victory at a Grand Slam tournament . Then you get closer to your dream. "