Alexander Zverev It looks another on the track from those two weeks after Wimbledon who was training and having deep conversations with Rafa Nadal And Uncle Toni, but in terms of breaking rackets, has long changed.
In semifinals already of Toronto 1000 Masters with Karen khachanov As a rival, Zverev avoided in the quarterfinals in his duel against Alexei Popyrin to lose his stirrups in a situation that invited him to it. Or, at least, he avoided losing them enough not to do the racket.
Zverev is showing a great mental strength in Toronto
In what was a dramatic outcome of the first set for the number 3 in the world, Popyrin flushed a ball to which the Hamburg tennis player had not arrived not to have been for the tape, who made the ball fall in the field of Zverev. The bad fortune made that first set to the German, which reacted hitting a ball with the racket to heaven so that the ball even left the stadium. Sascha, who would end up going, took a warning, Although it is always better to explode by hitting a ball before you thunder the racket.
“A few years ago I would have broken a racket, sure. But I no longer break rackets, the last time I broke a racket I think it was three and a half years ago, that was the last time I broke a racket. I did not plan to change that, but yes, it was necessary to let it go out somehow because it was a set full of opportunities and I had many moments of bad luck,” said the German recognizing that somehow I had to externalize her frustration.
Reflecting on the conduct of breaking rackets, Sascha Zverev mentioned the case of Roger Federer. Despite the elegance and courtesy that always characterized him, the Swiss could not avoid sometimes getting carried away by rage and destroying his work tool.
“Roger used to have outbursts of madness, and then changed, he became Roger Federer, he reached that perfection that we all know about him now. But it was not always the case. But yes, something in the mind click and decided to be different on the track, ”said the German.
Asked about what specifically changed attitude and stopping break rackets, The Hamburg tennis player got sincere and deep.
“What has changed? A few things. One is about taking responsibility for who you are as a person. The number, I have said it before, but now I am a father and I want to be a good example. I also want to be remembered for my tennis, I want to be remembered for what I have achieved on the track. Also for the good things I do out of trackbecause I think I do a lot of work with my foundation and my family also that can be beneficial and help people worldwide, ”said Sascha, who with their diabetic condition, has an organization that helps children and adults with type 1 diabetes like the one that the tennis player himself has.
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“I prefer to be remembered much more than because of the outbursts he used to have,” added the German.
Despite his perfection as a player, Roger Federer broke a few rackets just like Novak Djokovicbeing Rafa Nadal The only member of Big Three that never destroyed one. Although Alexander Zverev has not done that for a long time, surely that role as a mentor Nadal in his stay in Mallorca has helped him reaffirm himself in his promise.
