London (EFE).- German Alexander Zverev explained the mental problems he is going through and assured that he feels “alone in life” at the moment.
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The German, the third-best player in the world, was eliminated this Tuesday in the first round of Wimbledon against the French Arthur Rinderknech, number 72 in the world. When explaining the surprising defeat, Zverev emphasized that it is more of a mental problem than a tennis one. Zverev feels “empty”“I feel alone out there sometimes. I’m having a hard time mentally. I’ve been saying it for a while since the Australian Open. I’m trying to find ways to get out of this hole, but I see that I can’t,” commented the German in a press conference. «I don’t know, in general I feel alone in life, which isn’t nice», he added. Zverev stated that he might try therapy for the first time in his life. “I’ve been through a lot of difficulties. Many bad times with the press, in life in general. I’ve never felt so empty. No joy in what I do. It’s not something related to tennis, I just don’t find joy outside of tennis either,” the tennis player assured. “I lost in the first round, but I don’t think tennis is the problem right now. It’s something else I have to fix. It’s difficult to talk about it because I don’t have an answer. I have a month ahead until Canada, we’ll see what happens until then, but something in me has to change and it’s not necessarily something on the tennis court,” he added.
