After sustaining a serious injury himself, Alexander Zverev developed a newfound appreciation for Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and the manner they managed their injuries.
Zverev fully damaged his ankle in Roland Garros, which caused him to miss the remainder of 2022. Zverev suffered with the injury because he was unable to walk for a sizable period of time after it occurred. As an athlete, it was really difficult for him, but he had a fresh understanding of how some of the legends handled their numerous injuries:
“Rafa and Roger are different. They come back from injury and they start winning tournaments immediately. I don’t know how they do that. But they’ve been doing it for 20 years now. I needed time but I think also my injury was maybe a little bit different. I was not able to walk really for two months. You have to learn your movements again, you have to learn how to walk again, you have to learn how to run again,” said Sascha.
Zverev in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, ranking, and results in 2023
LWWWLLWWWW Now ranked no.16, Zverev has managed to achieve a composed 9-9 win-loss record in 2023. The German is now competing in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he defeated the world no.53 Alexander Bublik 3-6 6-2 6-4.
Alexander Zverev will come up against the world no.29 Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2nd round on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT DES PRINCES. Their current record is 4-2 for Zverev.
Zverev won 19 titles in his career: 6 on hard courts, 6 on clay courts and 7 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) on the 26th of April and Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 10th of May.
Rafael Nadal in 2023
Now ranked no.15, Nadal played his last match on the 18th of January when he surrendered to world no.52 Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-4 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round of the Australian Open (draw).
Currently, during this season Nadal has achieved a composed 1-3 match record.
Nadal will compete next in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell). He will start from the main draw that will commence on the 17th of April.
Alexander Zverev and Rafael Nadal squared off 10 times. Their actual record is 7-3 for Nadal. Previously, the last time they locked horns, Rafael Nadal won 7-6(8) 6-6 ret. in the semifinal in Paris (French Open) in June 2022.
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