DGermany’s top player Alexander Zverev has canceled his participation in the tennis invitation tournament in Berlin next week. “I made the decision to train with my team for the moment and not to play any official events,” wrote the world ranked seventh on Instagram on Wednesday: “It’s never nice to do without a home game, but I’ll be back soon. “
Zverev was the driving force behind the Austrian tournament organizer Edwin Weindorfer for the event in the Steffi Graf Stadium and in a hangar at Tempelhof Airport. Weindorfer had already expressed doubts about Zverev’s participation on Wednesday morning.
Test with Ferrer
Instead, Zverev is testing a collaboration with Spaniard David Ferrer. As the academy of the former professional Ferrer announced in a later deleted message, both have been training together in Monte Carlo since Monday. Since the noisy separation from Ivan Lendl last year, Zverev has been mainly coached again by his father.
In the 15-day “trial period”, the future relationship between the two should be determined, the statement said. The academy later shared on Twitter that it was wrong to publish the news on the homepage. At the same time, the test phase was confirmed again. The management of the world ranking sieve Zverev has so far not commented. The Spanish newspaper Marca first reported on the planned collaboration.
Davis Cup captain Michael Kohlmann has a high opinion of Zverev’s potential new coach. “David Ferrer stands for intensive training, intensive work, bringing 100 percent every day. If you can get it in whatever role, it’s a positive story, ”he said at Sport1.
Thiem defends Zverev
Zverev had recently received criticism for his behavior during the corona pandemic. In the coming week he should start at the “Bett1Aces” show tournament in Berlin (from July 13th). The ATP tour is scheduled to resume play in mid-August, with the US Open starting on August 31.
The Austrian tennis professional Dominic Thiem has taken Alexander Zverev into criticism. Both took part in the Adria Tour, overshadowed by several Corona Falls. Zverev, who wanted to react with self-isolation, was subsequently criticized for an undated video from a party at which the corona hygiene rules were completely disregarded.
“He is treated as if he were an elementary school child. But he’s a 23 year old man. Sure, he made a mistake – but I don’t understand why everyone is interfering now, ”said the third in the world rankings to the“ Standard ”(Wednesday).
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