“I went to the gym in a cast,” Alexander Zverev talks of the difficulty in recovering after his injury in the 2022 French Open
Alexander Zverev talks about his struggles with his ankle injury as he tried to recover from it and return to the ATP Tour.
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Alexander Zverev does not describe the ankle injury he got in the semi-final round match against Rafael Nadal in the French Open 2022. That caused him great pain and because of which he had to miss almost half of last season, was “horrible”. The German, after a long-time, is finally able to make a deeper run in any of the ATP tournaments.
The 25-year old is going to face Andrey Rublev in the semi-final round of the Dubai Tennis Championships. He beat Lorenzo Sonego 7-5, 6-4 in the quarter-final round. Meanwhile, in a media interaction when journalists asked him about his thoughts on the impact of the injury which led him to sit out for the most part of the 2022 season, he was candid about its implications and how it helped him.
“ When such a thing happens, the first thing to do is to accept it. It didn’t cost me much because the injury happened while I was doing what I love most in the world, which is competing in one of the most important tournaments and against the most dangerous opponents possible,” he said.
“If I had broken my ankle snowboarding or skating it would have been horrible, very hard to accept, but when you are doing what you are passionate about and chasing your dreams, you have nothing to be ashamed of. I tried to keep myself busy all day and do things that I don’t usually do. Although in a cast, I went to the gym twice a day and tried to make things better, ” he continued.
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Alexander Zverev can fix final clash with Novak Djokovic of Dubai Open
The current World No.17 may have to face the might of current World No.1 Novak Djokovic. The Serbian is back on the ATP Tour after a short break post winning the Australian Open. After the first-round, scare, has played well to advance into the semi-final round of the Dubai Tennis Championships. He will take on Daniil Medvedev in the semi-final round.
Alexander Zverev was aware of this possibility. In fact, in an interview given a few days ago, he had talked about this epic encounter, which could become a reality if both players win their respective matches.
Yes (on whether he wants to face Djokovic in Dubai), because that means it’s a final, so… I don’t care who I play in the final if I’m in the final, to be honest right now,” he had said.
The German has registered his best performance of the season until now at this ATP 250 event. However, his fans would love to see him more often in the advanced stages of the tournaments.
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