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Zverev: My Confidence is Below Zero


Alexander Zverev bottomed out at Wimbledon and admitted his confidence is now below rock bottom.

Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely bounced the sixth-seeded Zverev out of the Wimbledon first round, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5.

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It was Zverev's first career opening-round exit at SW19 and triggered a candid confession: his confidence is "below zero."

"It was kind of a typical Grand Slam match for me," Zverev said. "I started off well, then one or two things don't go my way, and everything kind of a little bit falls apart. Yeah, I'm not very high on confidence right now."

Fresh off his second straight Roland Garros quarterfinal, Zverev had plenty of opportunities today, but converted just one of seven break-point chances. 

"When I get to the important moments, I had, what, five, six breakpoints in the fourth set alone, can't take any of those," Zverev said. "I had a Love-40, a 15-40. I'm down one breakpoint myself and he takes it immediately, where I miss an easy volley. So, yeah. I didn't lose this match on tennis. It's just, yeah, my confidence is below zero right now."

The defeat leaves Zverev with an 8-5 career mark at The Championships, his second most successful Grand Slam. Zverev, whose second serve can get short and forehand grow spinny under pressure, said his Grand Slam struggles are not physical.

"Physically, I'm fine. I can play 10 sets, no problem," Zverev said. "I don't really get tired. Yeah, mental, I mean, I get down on myself a lot. But, yeah, I don't think it's neither of those because mentally I showed I'm quite strong in the last few years. It's different things I think right now."

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Among those off-court issues may well be Zverev's ongoing legal dispute with ex-manager Patricio Apey as well as the fact his much-publicized partnership with coach Ivan Lendl has not yet yielded major dividends.

Though just seven months ago, Zverev defeated Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in succession to win the biggest title of his career at the ATP Finals at London's O2 Arena, he has not played with the same confidence or command this year.

"Life is also one thing," Zverev said. "Everything that happens outside the court affects you. In the last two days, I would say are very rough for me personally. I'm not going to get into details, but I'm just saying.

"I have to fix that to play well on the court."

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