The swiss Roger Federer is back at the forefront of world tennis this week with the Laver Cup dispute, the Team Europe versus Team World tournament, officially sanctioned by the ATP and held this year in Berlin.
Federer promoted the creation of the Ryder Cup of tennis, managed to insert it into the official calendar of the men’s professional circuit and annually attracts some of the figures of the moment.
His friend failed at the last minute Rafael Nadalbut in Berlin it makes its debut Carlos Alcarazwho leads the Old Continent team with the German Alexander Zverev.
Federer spoke about it on the occasion of his presence in Laver Cup. In his analysis of the German’s career on the Swiss platform Blue News, he was happy to point out why Sascha is the eternal contender for the Grand Slam title that is not yet his.
Federer did not mince his words. He is very clear and direct in his reviews regarding tennis. Why is the list of winners empty? Zverevfinalist this year at Roland Garros? “To win a Grand Slam you have to play more offensively. The title doesn’t come by itself, you have to look for it,” Federer said.
He noted that “he doesn’t need much, but he has to trust his shots and play more offensively. You have to believe in this path, feel that it is the right one. The title doesn’t come to you on its own, especially the first Grand Slam title.”
He took advantage of Alexander Zverev’s loss against the American Taylor Fritz at the last US Open. “Against the best players in the world you have to take the initiative. He didn’t do it against Fritz,” Federer summarized.
The one from Basel attacked Zverev, who when asked about it was strong in his analysis. He cannot be accused of dishonesty. “It’s nothing that I don’t know. I’m very clear that I didn’t play the way I wanted to. I played a horrible match. That’s why I think what Roger said about it is right,” said Sascha, world . number two He hasn’t even managed to pass first place.
Source: La Verdad
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