Tommy Haas on Alexander Zverev and German tennis: “Currently too big a gap…”

Alexander Zverev is slowly gaining momentum. If the 25-year-old failed early in the year at the Australian Open and the competitions in Rotterdam and Doha, he reached the semi-finals in Dubai at the beginning of March.

“When you see a Sascha Zverev warming up, training, the boy wants to win! He bleeds for victories!” Tommy Haas praised the Hamburger, who was trying to catch up again after his bad ligament injury at the French Open in 2022 fighting for the top of the world.

The example of Zverev also shows why things are not going as planned in German tennis at the moment.

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A clear “difference” to that of some colleagues can be seen in the attitude of the Olympic champion.

Haas: “The gap between Zverev and Otte is too big”

“There is currently too big a gap between Alexander Zverev and Oscar Otte as second best,” explained Haas.

In fact, Otte, number 82 in the world rankings, is the best German professional behind Zverev, who is 14th. With Daniel Altmaier, currently in 98th place, only three DTB players are currently in the top 100 of the ATP ranking.

But Otte “makes the best of his opportunities,” emphasized Haas. “It might not be enough for the top ten, but hey, he’s a tennis pro! He’s living his dream.”

Haas: Not just “body and talent” at Zverev

Of course, that also applies to Zverev, who now meets Emil Ruusuvuori from Finland in round three from Indian Wells. He wants to be fully competitive again by the hot phase of the clay court season in May at the latest.

In any case, the conditions are right, as Haas clarified, because: Zverev “not only has the body and the talent, he is also here (taps temple, CoR) damn strong”.

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