“The only limit is the one you set yourself,” Alexander Zverev in an intriguing practice session was spotted playing with a 98-year-old
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Alexander Zverev and his practice session with Leonid Stanislavski
German tennis player Alexander Zverev, who has made headlines on his various spectacular performance accounts yet again surprises fans and the global tennis community with something rather unexpected, a playing session with a 98-year-old!
Zverev, who achieved his career-high ranking of world No. 2 and has ever since been a permanent fixture in the top 10 ATP ranking, turned pro back in 2013 and enjoys the merit of having a gigantic height of 6 feet 6 inches. As of now, the German is struggling from an ankle injury which forced him to withdraw from the ongoing US Open. In a practice session with the 98-year-old Leonid Stanislavski, Zverev captioned “The only limit is the one you set yourself.”
Luigi Gatto tweets a video of Alexander Zverev hitting with Leonid Stanislavski
“Tennis is a sport for everyone. You can still have fun even when you’re 98 years old,” quoted Alexander Zverev as he uploaded a short video of him playing with Leonid Stanislavski. The Ukrainian tennis professional started playing tennis under the forums of ITF at the age of 32 and has been active on-court ever since. His career high ranking under the age category of 90+ is 29 worldwide.
Furthermore, he holds a Guinness World Record of being the oldest active tennis player in Ukraine. In 2021 Leonid fulfilled his dream of playing against Rafael Nadal at the Spaniard’s academy.
The former US Open finalist Zverev forcibly withdrew from this season’s Slam due to an ankle injury he suffered while playing his semi-final match against Rafael Nadal at the formerly held French Open. His reason for withdrawal was based upon him avoiding five-setter matches and risking his play in competitive tennis.
In a brief statement he provided the global tennis community with his reasons and feelings for not competing in the Flushing championship, he said “the recovery is going extremely well, and I am super happy where I am right now. But unfortunately, I will not come to New York this year. t was a very tough decision, but the way the recovery is going and how well everything is going, I just don’t want to take the risk, and play a best-of-five set match as my first match back.”
“I am looking forward to seeing everybody at the Davis Cup. And I am looking forward to being back as soon as possible,” quoted the German professional as he is likely to resume with his tour later this year.
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