Zverev confirms that Ferrer is his new coach. [STORY]

Alexander Zverev and David Ferrer share an interesting path. The Spaniard ended his fantastic career against the German to become his coach after 1 year.

Sascha and David spent a few weeks together on a trial basis, and that went so well that they have decided to go ahead with their partnership. That was confirmed by Sascha after he defeated Felix Auger-Aliasisme at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown.

The world no.7 commented:

“The test phase is over. We are together, in a partnership. We understand each other incredibly well and are now a team. David and my father are both my head coaches now. My dad doesn’t get any younger either. Both are extremely important in the team.”

Sascha has already ended 2 partnerships with 2 tennis legend with Juan Carlos Ferrero and Ivan Lendl. Unfortunately, it didn’t end well in both cases.

Alexander Zverev in 2020

Currently the world no.7, the German played his last match on the 26^th of February when he lost to Tommy Paul 6-3 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Acapulco.

Alexander Zverev’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals at the Australian Open.

David Ferrer in 2020

Ferrer played his last match on the 8^th of May 2019 when he capitulated to Alexander Zverev 6-4 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Madrid.

Alexander Zverev and David Ferrer played each other 8 times. The head to head is 5-3 for Zverev. The last time that they competed against each other, Alexander Zverev won 6-4 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) in May 2019.