Davis Cup: Is Zverev his favorite? Davis Cup vibes on Sofia Tomalla – TENNIS

Davis Cup fever In Trier! On Friday and Saturday (dwell on sportbild.de), Germany will meet for the Olympic champions Alexander Zverev (25) To Switzerland. Tennis legend Boris Becker (55) additionally declared that Germany ought to meet the highest of the tennis group there.

BILD: Mr. Zverev, does German tennis want Boris Becker’s assist?

Zverev: “I’m not a politician, only a tennis participant. But you should use Boris’s assist in tennis as a participant, coach, DTB or no matter. He is aware of how one can do it. But I did not delve into it. It is essential for German tennis and we all the time welcome assist. He can be welcomed right here with open arms.”

BILD: Did you keep in contact after you have been launched from jail?

Zverev: “There isn’t any TV swap but. We’ve each been touring loads in the previous couple of weeks, however we’re staying in Trier. We are very shut and I’m glad he got here. All he has is nice for the entire workforce, he’s all the time welcome in tennis.”

BILD: You solely performed within the Davis Cup for one 12 months. Why are you abruptly in a foul temper once more?

Zverev: “Because I see progress in the correct path. We have group video games in Germany. This is a superb motivation. That’s the largest factor.”

BILD: What precisely must be modified?

Zverev: “Go fully again to the outdated mode with a weekend combat or an enormous occasion each two years. In any case, the workforce will need to have residence rights. A event the place the highest two nations play one another in entrance of 400 individuals in two weeks at a impartial venue is nonsense, not the Davis Cup. The greatest problem can be for the ATP Men’s Tour and the ITF World Association to sit down on the identical desk.”

BILD: You pulled out of the Australian Open with hip ache. Are they completed?

Zverev: “Everything is ok, I’m prepared, I’m match, in any other case I would not be right here. I had some extra issues for just a few days, however now the whole lot is ok.”

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BILD: What are your recollections of the Davis Cup?

Zverev: “My brother Mischa performed in opposition to Spain within the bullring in Marbella. I noticed it on TV. Great temper! That’s why we miss the outdated Davis Cup. And then, in fact, I performed for the primary time in Hannover in 2016 in opposition to Tomas Berdych. “Unfortunately, I misplaced the final singles match 2-2.”

BILD: The Swiss will compete with three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka, who is simply ranked third among the many Swiss. Do you continue to assume you may play in opposition to one another?

Zverev: “It will certainly occur, I believe. He is a champion, an important tennis participant with extra expertise than others. He will certainly play.”

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BILD: How do you see the probabilities of the German nationwide workforce?

Zverev: “I like them. No matter who performs there, our quantity 2 is powerful. Unfortunately, the injured Jan-Lennard Struff is in fact not all the time obtainable. But even with out Kevin Kravitz, the doubles workforce may be very sturdy. I’m positive: we are going to win three.”

BILD: On a very completely different subject: the IOC is contemplating permitting Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part within the Olympics beneath impartial flags, regardless of the conflict in Ukraine. How do you discover this?

Zverev: “I’m listening to this for the primary time. I do not see an issue with particular person sports activities like tennis. Andrey Rublev has been in Spain since he was 15 years outdated. Daniil Medvedev grew up in France. They have little to do with Russia. Rublev was all the time in opposition to conflict. But in terms of workforce sports activities, I do not know, it is harder.”

BILD: Will your pal Sofia Tomalla be in Trier?

Zverev: “It has to work. It will resolve for itself whether or not it’s going to come or not.”