The German Alexander Zverev, the first favorite of the Masters 1,000 in Madrid who has won twice, showed his appreciation for the tournament that is played in the Magic Fund and subtracted importance from the incident he suffered last week with an amateur in the Munich tournament.
The Hamburg player, second in the ATP ranking, was increasing by a spectator last Friday at the quarterfinal match of the Muniqués Open. Zverev came to ask the chair judge from the meeting against Dutch Tallon Griekspoor to expel the fan, who reminded the tennis player the accusations of abuse of an ex -girlfriend for which he was tried in the past, a case that was filed.
“Nothing happens. In Munich the public was amazing.
I won the game thanks to the public, so I can’t complain at all
Alexander Zverev, about the tournament in Munich
“But well, there will always be one or two idiots everywhere. It happens in all sports like this. You have it in football, in races, in tennis, anywhere else. It is so, this is sport. But for me, the public was incredible in Munich, “added Zverev, who won that tournament last Sunday.
“I finally played a good tennis and winning a tournament always gives you confidence. I was not very sure before Munich. I had not played my best level, but I am very happy with the victory and, facing the future, I hope to continue playing a good tennis,” Zverev said.
Alexander Zverev arrives in Madrid full of expectations and with good memories of the past. Two titles and a final on its tour of the Magic Box.
Madrid is one of my favorite tournaments. It is my favorite track, the central, I have only lost twice in my life here
Alexander Zverev
“The first thing that comes to mind when arriving in Madrid is that I will feel good on the tennis court. It is one of my favorite tournaments. It is my favorite track, the central, I have only lost twice in my whole life here, so it is a special place for me. It is also a place where I have been very successful, which helps, “he said.
“I hope to continue this year as I did in recent years, winning great games and coming far in the tournament. So that, without a doubt, is something that helps me when I come to Madrid,” recalled the number two in the world.
The sanction to Jannik Sinner left the possibility that the world number one changed hands and went to Zverev or Carlos Alcaraz. It did not mean an added pressure for the German.
The German Zverev kisses the trophy after beating Ben Shelton in Munich’s openLapresse
“I was simply playing badly. I think I said before: Australia affected me, and there were many things that, in my opinion, made me think that I was not playing well. I have already overcome it. I won a tournament last week. Winning tournaments, especially tournaments of that level, do not win play badly, “he said.
“I am happy to have won. Confidence undoubtedly increases after winning a tournament like this. Yes, facing the future, I hope, as I said, to be able to continue on the same path, continue improving and keep trying to win,” he added.
I am happy to have won. Confidence undoubtedly increases after winning a tournament like this
Alexander Zverev
“A few months have passed. We now have this tournament in Madrid and then Rome and then we go to Roland Garros. I can’t think much about Australia, I have to think about the next three weeks, “Zverev said.
About anti -doping controls
He also regretted the situation that players live with doping tests: “It is an annoying process because we have to be in a certain place every day, give details where we are going to be for about an hour a day. But at the same time, if they do not arrive at the time we did the same you have to return”
“It happened to me at the end of last year, more or less in December, when I was picking up my daughter at Nice airport, and then, in doping control, my turn was like seven or eight and they arrived at nine o’clock,” he said.
“They called me and they told me that I had to go back and I told them that I couldn’t because I had to pick up a three -year -old girl. And they replied that I had to come back whatever happened. That is the most annoying, because it is as if they were taking away the freedom to live a little. Well, if you want to come in less than an hour, that’s fine, because that’s the rule. But after that, you have to give us the freedom to live, “he said.
