Alexander Zverev fell in the early hours of this Wednesday against the number one in the world, Carlos Alcaraz. Two hours and 34 minutes were enough for the Spaniard to get rid of the twelfth seed.
Precisely six days earlier, the German pointed to the press for creating too much expectation around the two best tennis players on the planet. Implying that this story created around the battles between Alcaraz and Djokovic eclipsed the rest of the tennis players on the circuit.
It is disrespectful to others to assume that they are predestined to play the final here. There are many tennis players that we can avoid that duel
Alexander Zverev, professional tennis player
“I understand that the press looks for stories related to them, they like rivalries a lot. However, I think it is disrespectful to others to assume that they are destined to play the final here. There are many tennis players that we can avoid this duel and that we are going to give it our all,” Zverev said.
The tennis player from Hamburg was confident that there was someone who could stop what is happening today seems inevitable. A US Open final between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. The truth is that both are positioned a step above the rest of mortals. Not in vain have the top of world tennis been debated up to six times this year. There will be seven when the change of power in favor of the Balkan becomes effective on September 11.
Zverev has recently experienced it in his own flesh. To the setback this Wednesday against Alcaraz, 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4, is added that of Djokovic in the semifinals of the Cincinnati Masters 1000, where he succumbed 7-6 and 7-5.
They are both on a different level right now. The rest of the players have to reach them. It’s that simple
Alexander Zverev, professional tennis player
“I faced Djokovic in Cincinnati and I have played here against Carlos. Both have a fairly similar level of play. There are some things that Novak does better and there are details that Carlos controls better. I think they’re both on a different level right now. The rest of the players have to reach them. It’s that simple,” Zverev said at the press conference after the quarterfinals in New York.
and in this way Sascha Zverev changed his speech. The 26-year-old scored an epic victory against Jannik Sinner, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. But the defeat in straight sets against the Murcian allowed him to see for himself why there is an intangible border between the two best in the world and the rest.
2023-09-07 19:00:11
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