“To find my form and play good tennis,” Alexander Zverev shrugs off Munich Open defeat and looks to defend his Madrid Open title

“To find my form and play good tennis,” Alexander Zverev shrugs off Munich Open defeat and looks to defend his Madrid Open title

Alexander Zverev

Alexander Zverev has been extremely inconsistent this season. The world no. 3 has not won a single title this year and is struggling to find the right pace and rhythm to get back to his form and things are looking quite bleak at the moment for the German.

The tennis star has played in a string of tournaments that always led him to fall short of reaching the finals or losing in the qualifying rounds. This is indeed quite worrisome for the young player who will have to defend his Madrid Open title against some of the best players in the world this year.

Alexander Zverev’s Journey so far and ahead

Alexander Zverev
Alexander Zverev

The German and top seed of the Munich Open, the latest tournament shocked the entire crowd when he lost the opening round in his home crowd to Danish teenager Holger Rune. In the post-interview, Zverev said that he was “extremely disappointed” with his performance and that it was his “worst match in the last five, six, seven years”

In an interview as reported to Eurosport, the German said, “I’m extremely disappointed with last week. I put a lot of pressure on myself, a lot of expectations on myself as well, playing in Germany in front of a crowd for the first time in three years.”

“It wasn’t easy but things like this happen, it’s a sport. You can win against anyone on your day and you can lose to anyone when it’s not your day.“

The German now looks forward to defending his title in the Madrid Open and will get a bye in the first round due to the privilege of being the defending champion and will face the winner between Marin Cilic and Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the round of 32.

“To find my form and play good tennis,” says the German and world no. 3 when asked about his plans to defend the title in the Madrid Open. We think it’s a pretty safe answer and a valid answer considering the fact that Alexander Zverev is still finding his groove to get back to play.

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