Alexander Zverev committed harakiri last Sunday when he was filmed partying in the South of France despite pledging self-isolation after the Adria Tour debacle. Following the event in the Balkans, many players posted on social media the so-called “management apologies” about being irresponsible. Sascha was part of these players, but then he broke his promise to be badly blasted by tennis fans, media, and colleagues.
The event in Berlin
The world no.7 was expected to be the big star of the upcoming event in Berlin that will be staged from the 13th of July. However, not everyone will be thrilled about his presence. During a recent interview with the Bild, the tournament director Barbara Rittner sounded rather perplex with Sascha’s behavior.
“Apparently Sascha didn’t understand something about responsibility and role model. It damages the entire tennis image. Such actions also mean a great loss of image for him in Germany and internationally. That’s sad. I was shocked by the video,” she commented.
Barbara looked irked by the fact that with his reckless behavior, the German is putting the entire pro-tennis under the wrong light.
“He has to stick to the rules with us. You won’t see him with party pictures in Berlin. If he does that, we will exclude him. This causes everything to wobble, the tournaments are becoming more and more questionable now. And if we have positive cases, the whole construct will collapse,” she later commented.
The organization in Berlin obtained the go-ahead from the local authorities of hosting up to 800 fans, and therefore it’s very important that they will execute everything flawlessly. Nick Kyrgios is still expected to play the exhibition. A match between his and Sascha would be extremely tasty after the Australian slammed him publicly on Instagram.
Alexander Zverev in 2020
Ranked world no.7, Zverev played his last match on the 26th of February when he lost to Tommy Paul 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Acapulco.
Alexander Zverev’s most significant performance of the present year was getting to the semi-finals at the Australian Open.
