The Hamburg native is placing his trust in a doctor who already operated on him in 2022.
German tennis star Alexander Zverev will have his “swollen” right ankle examined before the ATP Finals. “We’ll see what it is and whether we can do anything about it, whether we can perhaps give him an injection,” Zverev told Sky after his clear 0-6, 1-6 defeat to Jannik Sinner in the semifinals of the ATP Masters in Paris. The world number three is being treated in Munich by the same doctor who operated on him after his serious ankle injury in 2022.
His ankle swelled up after his three-set victory over his nemesis Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals, “and if you’re not 100 percent against Jannik and playing at 1000 percent of your level, you don’t stand a chance,” Zverev said. He was unable to “move 100 percent” and couldn’t “push off properly” when serving, said the Hamburg native. Against Sinner, Zverev had no chance at all in just over an hour of play, and he had to bury his hopes of successfully defending his title in the French capital. The ATP Finals in Turin start on November 9.