{"id":313097,"date":"2025-08-02T23:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T23:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313097\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T23:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T23:23:11","slug":"alexander-zverev-admits-what-jannik-sinner-did-to-him-which-left-him-totally-stunned-i-just-have-no-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313097\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev admits what Jannik Sinner did to him which left him totally stunned, ‘I just have no idea’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alexander Zverev has been through an emotional rollercoaster in 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He commenced the year by reaching his first Australian Open<\/a> final, where he took on defending champion Jannik Sinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The German was confident he could finally win his first Grand Slam, but Sinner dispatched Zverev 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3<\/a> to claim the third of his four majors.<\/p>\n

Since that crushing defeat Zverev\u2019s consistency on court has wavered and he has become very open and honest about his mental state over the past few months.<\/p>\n

\"JannikPhoto by Quinn Rooney\/Getty ImagesAlexander Zverev said \u2018he had no idea\u2019 how Jannik Sinner did everything so well during their Australian Open final<\/p>\n

Alexander Zverev<\/a> has won four of his seven meetings against Sinner. But the Italian has won the last two matches, including January\u2019s Australian Open final.<\/p>\n

Zverev battled hard, but Sinner controlled proceedings and cruised to a second successive title at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n

The world number three has struggled to come to terms with this defeat and how well Sinner played, which has impacted his results ever since.<\/p>\n

During a guest appearance on the Nothing Major podcast, Zverev opened up on how he suffered mentally following that match in which Sinner left him completely dumbfounded with his level of play.<\/p>\n

\u201cTerrible year. A lot of the times I have felt quite lost on the court this year, especially after the Australian Open final where I had another Grand Slam final,\u201d Zverev said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went into the match believing I am going to win this. This is my third final, I am going to win it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was going into the match feeling so confident and then in that match I got smoked. He was doing everything better than me at that moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was serving better than him, but apart from the serve he literally did everything better than me. I came off the court and I was like wow. I just have no idea. I just didn\u2019t know what the hell to do. I kind of had a really tough time mentally after that match.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AlexanderPhoto by Daniel Castelo Branco\/Eurasia Sport Images\/Getty ImagesAlexander Zverev says he made a \u2018mistake\u2019 after the Australian Open final<\/p>\n

Following his run to the Australian Open final, Zverev flew to South America to take part in February\u2019s clay court swing.<\/p>\n

The Argentina Open<\/a> began less than three weeks after he lost to Sinner in Melbourne, and Zverev played in Brazil and Mexico after competing in Buenos Aires. He won a combined total of just four matches and failed to progress beyond the quarterfinals at any of the three tournaments.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the decision to play in South America, Zverev believes he should have taken more time to rest<\/a>. \u201cInstead of going home and resting, kind of realising what happened and working through it, I went home and spent three days at home and went straight to Argentina,\u201d Zverev explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter playing a Grand Slam final I had the most amazing time in Argentina outside the court, but on the court I was like I am playing on clay in South America, a few days after a Grand Slam final, I am playing terribly and my motivation is not the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cI should not have done that looking back. Even though it\u2019s nothing to do with the country or place, I would visit it again, but playing a tournament straight after was a mistake. Then I kind of had a little bit of a burnout for a couple of months.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was not feeling very motivated to play. I was not feeling very motivated to practice. I was not enjoying my time on the court. I was losing a lot of quite bad matches, I was losing from winning positions or to players who I should not lose to.<\/p>\n

\u201cI paid the price but you live and you learn and I do believe that Wimbledon first round exit was not a great thing for me, but I think I made the best out of it. I have pulled out of a few tournaments now, taken some time off and I do feel fresher in my mind to compete again.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I am not going to play my best tennis here in Canada or Cincinnati but I think by the time the US Open comes I am going to be a contender again, and that\u2019s where I want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev has been through an emotional rollercoaster in 2025. He commenced the year by reaching his first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[4721,4294,4718,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-313097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alexander-zverev","9":"tag-atp","10":"tag-jannik-sinner","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114961751223773436","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}