{"id":514845,"date":"2025-10-20T16:46:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/514845\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:46:53","slug":"alexander-zverev-hits-back-at-boris-beckers-criticism-of-him-i-dont-care-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/514845\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev hits back at Boris Becker’s criticism of him, ‘I don’t care anymore’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alexander Zverev has fired back at Boris Becker after the legend\u2019s recent criticism of him. <\/strong><\/p>\n

In a joint podcast with former women\u2019s player Andrea Petkovic, Becker<\/a> called Zverev<\/a> a \u2018problem child\u2019 while criticising his performances as of late on the ATP<\/a> Tour. <\/p>\n

The world number three has recorded a largely disappointing season, and has recently endured an underwhelming Asian swing, during which he crashed out in the early stages of the Shanghai Masters. <\/p>\n

Becker stated that he gets \u2018a bit of a headache when thinking about Zverev\u2019, and said he needs to stop getting distracted and focus on himself. <\/p>\n

\"AlexanderPhoto by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The six-time major champion also slammed his compatriot for not changing his environment, highlighting how there are \u2018always the same faces\u2019 in his player box. <\/p>\n

Now, ahead of his indoor hard-court season, Zverev has issued a response to Becker. <\/p>\n

Alexander Zverev issues response to Boris Becker after criticism<\/p>\n

When asked to reply to Becker\u2019s words in an interview with German news outlet \u2018Bild am Sonntag<\/a>\u2018, Zverev said: \u201cI think he\u2019s relatively unconcerned about me, to be honest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s looking for a bit of attention, and he gets it through me. Unfortunately, that\u2019s the case. But I don\u2019t care anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

In April earlier this year, Zverev briefly worked with Becker<\/a>, but the 57-year-old shut down any suggestions of becoming his full-time coach. <\/p>\n

\u201cEverything will work out,\u201d continued Zverev. \u201cI\u2019m full of confidence that I\u2019ll find my form again and play good tennis again.<\/p>\n

\"AlexanderPhoto by Fred Lee\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cNow there are tournaments that I really like indoors, Vienna and Paris, where I won last year. I think I can play good tennis there again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zverev\u2019s next appearance on tour will be at the Vienna Open, where he has been handed a favourable draw.<\/p>\n

Alexander Zverev\u2019s first-round opponent at the Vienna Open<\/p>\n

In the first round of the ATP 500 event in Vienna, Zverev will face Britain\u2019s Jacob Fearnley, in what marks their fourth tour-level meeting.<\/p>\n

The two first clashed in the third round of the Australian Open earlier this year, with Zverev coming out on top in straight sets en route to the final. <\/p>\n

They met again at the Miami Open March, where Fearnley was dominated once again, losing 6-2, 6-4 to his conqueror. <\/p>\n

Zverev\u2019s third and most recent victory over Fearnley came at the US Open, which was his last win at Flushing Meadows before falling to eventual semifinalist Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Alexander Zverev has fired back at Boris Becker after the legend\u2019s recent criticism…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[4721,4294,41535,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-514845","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-boris-becker","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115407516694312039","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514845","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=514845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}