Despite Corona: Alexander Zverev works in Florida under the best conditions
Unlike many top German athletes, Alexander Zverev (22) enjoys the best training conditions in his adopted home in Florida during the corona crisis.
by SID / tennisnet
last edit: Apr 15, 2020, 10:27 am
In the Saddlebrook tennis academy near Tampa, the world ranked seventh trains on his own pitch and in the weight room with his brother Mischa, among others. Zverev lives with his family and team in a house near the facility.
He works "mainly on my volleys. On my game, how I get to the front of the net. On the footwork and on my serve," said Zverev of Sport Bild : "As far as training is concerned, everything is the same for me. I think of it as a longer off-season now. I don’t have anything better to train than anyway. "
Zverev believes in Federer, Nadal and Djokovic
Zverev is happy about variety. In addition to his brother Mischa, doubles Marcelo Melo (Brazil) and Sergey Bubka junior, son of the Ukrainian pole vault legend, also act as training partners. "If I played with the same person for three months, we'd hit the racket on the head at some point," said Zverev.
After his successful start to the season with the semi-finals at the Australian Open in Melbourne, the mandatory break was "really bitter". Especially since Zverev believes that older players like Novak Djokovic (32), Rafael Nadal (33) or Roger Federer (38) will be able to cope better with the time-out "because they have more routine and know exactly what they have to do. They are also fresh after the break. "
Last week, Zverev spoke live on Instagram in conversation with comedian Oliver Pocher , raising the question of whether he might have already contracted the corona virus in January. The Saddlebook Academy had also posted a photo of Zverev after training in a hug with a fan on Twitter last week, but deleted it after fierce criticism of the disregard of distance rules.