After his French Open-Aus, Alexander Zverev countered the criticism of tennis legend Boris Becker and expert Barbara Rittner. “I think that if things go well for me, I always do everything right. And if things go badly, everyone is always very, very smart. Unfortunately, Boris is part of it,” criticized the 28-year-old in Stuttgart. Rittner, whose opinion he does not take seriously “and who represent a” false opinion “, also belongs to it. It is interesting that “suddenly everyone knows everything better than myself”.
Zverev: “I lost to Djokovic, not against Hans Peter”
In Paris, Zverev failed in his once more unsuccessful hunt for the first Grand Slam title in the quarter-finals at the Serbian top star Novak Djokovic. The world-class final won the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz against the Italian Jannik Sinner on Sunday. “I still see myself as a candidate to compete against the two boys up there,” said Zverev. “I lost to Djokovic, not against Hans Peter, who is 250 in the world.”
Becker had accused Zverev after the quarter-finals of passivity and got away from his father for a changed, new environment and thus to a coaching change. “You have the impression that he plays against the top players in the same leader and hopes that the result will be good,” Becker said. “The father and the brother did it excellently, but it wasn’t good enough for the last step,” Becker had criticized.
Zverev: would speak to Becker
The three -time Wimbledon winner and Zverev have known each other for many years. “I also had a lot of contact with Boris before making this statement,” said Zverev. So far he had “a great relationship” with him. The door is not closed. “I still have massive respect for him. I will always listen to what he has to say, but I don’t always have to agree”.
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Rittner had criticized Zverev for his excuses after the defeat after led the conditions as the reason for being. “He explains that it was 20 degrees Celsius in set one, the game was faster and he could pull the forehand more. But in sentences two, three and four … there was no crash,” said Rittner.
Zverev flies from Mallorca directly to Stuttgart
After his Paris-out, Zverev flew to Mallorca for a few days to play golf. In Stuttgart, the top German player has a free time at the start and is expected to intervene for the first time on Thursday.