Mischa Zverev has provided an update on his brother Alexander Zverev’s recent injury sustained at Wimbledon. The German may miss an extended period of time due to injury and could lose his chance of competing for an Olympic gold medal.
Once again at SW19, the fourth seed was eliminated in the fourth round after losing 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-3 on Monday after blowing a two-set lead against Taylor Fritz. During his victory over Cameron Norrie in the third round last week, he had undoubtedly been experiencing knee pain due to an unfortunate mishap.
To determine the full degree of his injury, Zverev underwent an X-ray as well. According to his older brother Mischa’s most recent update, the 27-year-old’s physical conditioning is seriously questioned, and he may be out for a few weeks.
The 36-year-old revealed that this week, the world No. 4 had seen another physician, who had taken 40 mm of accumulated fluid out of the bone marrow in the latter’s left knee. The former athlete who is now a commentator claimed that Zverev may miss the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which start later this month, even though the results were not yet in.
Mischa told this in a recent discussion and said: “Sascha (Alexander Zverev) saw a doctor again. He took 40 millilitres of fluid from his knee. Unfortunately, there is now a suspicion of something worse. Tomorrow he’ll see the doctor again at home in Monaco. More detailed pictures will then be taken. Maybe it’s more than a bone bruise after all. If it’s a fracture or a hairline fracture, we’ll have to see. But then the Olympics are in danger.”
Alexander Zverev in 2024
Now the world no.
4, Alexander played his last match on the 8th of July when he was defeated by world no.12 Taylor Fritz 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 4th round in Wimbledon (draw).This year the German has a composed 40-12 match record. Alexander has won 2 titles in 2024 in Australia and Rome. Alexander was the finalist at the French Open.
Alexander Zverev will play the world no.17 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Round Robin on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Their record is 6-2 for Zverev.
Zverev has won 2 titles in 2024 in Australia and Rome. Zverev was the finalist at the French Open.
Zverev won 23 titles in his career: 8 on hard courts, 8 on clay courts and 7 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Zverev has scheduled to compete next in Hamburg (Hamburg Open). He will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 15th of July.
Alexander Zverev |
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