Davis Cup fever In Trier! On Friday and Saturday (stay on sportbild.de), Germany will meet for the Olympic champions Alexander Zverev (25) To Switzerland. Tennis legend Boris Becker (55) additionally declared that Germany ought to meet the highest of the tennis neighborhood there.
BILD: Mr. Zverev, does German tennis want Boris Becker’s assist?
Zverev: “I’m not a politician, only a tennis participant. But you need to use Boris’s assist in tennis as a participant, coach, DTB or no matter. He is aware of do it. But I did not delve into it. It is essential for German tennis and we all the time welcome assist. He will probably be welcomed right here with open arms.”
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BILD: Did you keep in contact after you have been launched from jail?
Zverev: “There is not any TV change but. We’ve each been touring so much in the previous few weeks, however we’re staying in Trier. We are very shut and I’m glad he got here. All he has is sweet for the entire group, he’s all the time welcome in tennis.”
BILD: You solely performed within the Davis Cup for one yr. Why are you instantly in a foul temper once more?
Zverev: “Because I see progress in the best path. We have group video games in Germany. This is a good motivation. That’s the most important factor.”
BILD: What precisely must be modified?
Zverev: “Go utterly again to the outdated mode with a weekend combat or an enormous occasion each two years. In any case, the group should have dwelling rights. A event the place the highest two nations play one another in entrance of 400 folks in two weeks at a impartial venue is nonsense, not the Davis Cup. The largest problem will probably be for the ATP Men’s Tour and the ITF World Association to sit down on the identical desk.”
BILD: You pulled out of the Australian Open with hip ache. Are they completed?
Zverev: “Everything is ok, I’m prepared, I’m match, in any other case I would not be right here. I had some extra issues for a number of days, however now every part is ok.”
Alexander Zverev (left) performs for Trier, his brother Misha is an skilled for sportbild.de.
BILD: What are your recollections of the Davis Cup?
Zverev: “My brother Mischa performed in opposition to Spain within the bullring in Marbella. I noticed it on TV. Great temper! That’s why we miss the outdated Davis Cup. And then, in fact, I performed for the primary time in Hannover in 2016 in opposition to Tomas Berdych. “Unfortunately, I misplaced the final singles match 2-2.”
BILD: The Swiss will compete with three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka, who is barely ranked third among the many Swiss. Do you continue to assume you may play in opposition to one another?
Zverev: “It will certainly occur, I believe. He is a champion, an important tennis participant with extra expertise than others. He will certainly play.”
Alexander Zverev with his girlfriend Sofia Tomalla on the Davis Cup in Rio de Janeiro a yr in the past. It will probably be determined shortly whether or not he’ll come to Trier or not
BILD: How do you see the probabilities of the German nationwide group?
Zverev: “I really like them. No matter who performs there, our quantity 2 is robust. Unfortunately, the injured Jan-Lennard Struff is in fact not all the time obtainable. But even with out Kevin Kravitz, the doubles group may be very sturdy. I’m certain: we’ll win three.”
BILD: On a totally completely different matter: the IOC is contemplating permitting Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part within the Olympics underneath impartial flags, regardless of the warfare in Ukraine. How do you discover this?
Zverev: “I’m listening to this for the primary time. I do not see an issue with particular person sports activities like tennis. Andrey Rublev has been in Spain since he was 15 years outdated. Daniil Medvedev grew up in France. They have little to do with Russia. Rublev was all the time in opposition to warfare. But in terms of group sports activities, I do not know, it is tougher.”
BILD: Will your buddy Sofia Tomalla be in Trier?
Zverev: “It has to work. It will resolve for itself whether or not it can come or not.”
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