After falling to the French Rinderknech in five sets (7-6 (7), 6-7 (10), 6-3, 6-7 (7) and 6-4), Alexander Zverev He spoke at a press conference from Wimbledon and put on the table an obvious problem and for which he asked publicly with the media present at the All England Club: “I suffer mentally.”
These were his exact words when asked what has changed from Australia, when he arrived and lost the final against Sinner:
“I would say rather mental, probably. It's curious, sometimes I feel very alone out there. I suffer mentally. I have been saying since after the Australian Open. Yes, I just don't know. I am trying to find ways, trying to find ways to get out of this quagmire. Somehow, I'm still falling back into it. In general, I feel quite alone in life right now, which is not very pleasant, “he said.
In general, I feel quite alone in life right now, which is not very pleasant
The German expanded on his situation, stating that “it is not a feeling of a tennis court, it is simply a feeling of life in general. As I said, I had never felt like that. I don't know. I find it hard to find joy outside the track right now. “
“I have gone through many difficulties in life in general. I had never felt so empty. I just missed joy, I just lacked joy in everything I did. It is not necessarily about tennis. I just missed joy outside tennis too. Even when I win, even when I win as in Stuttgart or find, it is not necessarily the feeling that previously produced me, of happiness, of motivation to move forward. I just don't have it right now, and, I repeat, it's the first time in my life that I feel it “, He added the number three in the world.
I have gone through many difficulties in life in general. I had never felt so empty
In addition, he made it clear that he was not using it as an excuse: it is not an excuse or anything. I think Arthur deserved to win today. It's no big deal. It is something that I have felt in recent months. Again, I feel very, very alone. I don't know. I had never felt like that. I don't have the answers right now. “
