Alexander Zverev Desperate To Win Matches Ahead Of Clay Court Season Opener - UBITENNIS

Alexander Zverev Desperate To Win Matches Ahead Of Clay Court Season Opener

Alexander Zverev is seeking to gain wins ahead of the start of his clay court season in Monaco.

By Tony Fairbairn
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Alexander Zverev is seeking for some winning form as he begins his clay court season in Monte Carlo this week.

The German heads into the clay court season in poor form having only won two matches in Indian Wells and Miami.

Zverev hasn’t capitalised on Jannik Sinner’s absence and now hopes the clay court season will spark his year into life.

Speaking in his pre-tournament press conference Zverev admitted he is desperate for wins in order to build confidence in his game, “Winning matches is the main part in order to build confidence and get into the right mindset,” Zverev told the ATP website.

“I definitely need to win some matches and to play good tennis. It can change quite quickly. In Miami I felt I was playing better than I was before and then I woke up with a bad neck just during that day — which was a bit unlucky for me — so I was a bit restricted. But even winning that match it can change quite quickly.

“In the quarter-finals I would have played [Jakub] Mensik. He obviously won the tournament, but maybe if I got my confidence back, I am the favourite in all of those matches to play. It can happen quickly and I hope it will happen within the next few weeks.”

The world number two hasn’t been the same since losing the Australian Open final to Sinner and has only reached one quarter-final in his last five tournaments.

Reflecting on the past Zverev spoke about the need to refresh mentally after an intense two weeks in Melbourne to start the season, “I did not take a rest after Australia and mentally Australia affected me a lot,” Zverev admitted.

“I was very upset and very tired and I came back here and went straight away to South America, so I did not really have time to process what happened, losing in a Grand Slam final. I kept going, which was not the smartest thing to do.”

Now Zverev will hope to build some confidence over the clay court season as he won the title in Rome last year and reached the final at Roland Garros.

Zverev’s first tournament of his clay court season will be in Monte-Carlo where he will face either a qualifier or Matteo Berrettini in his first match.

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