Tennis at Wimbledon - From weakness to strength: Zverev and the serve
Tennis Olympic champion Alexander Zverev draws attention at Wimbledon not only to his painful knee but also to his consistent and powerful serve. In three matches, he has yet to give away a serve game. In the round of 16 against the American Taylor Fritz, a strong service performance was necessary to pass the test.
"The serve cost me the US Open final and other Grand Slams," said Zverev: "I have worked hard on it. I am tall, the serve should be my strength. It was my weakness."
Zverev pursues his first Grand Slam title
In 2020, the Hamburg native lost the Grand Slam final in New York after leading 2 sets to love against the Austrian Dominic Thiem. In that year, he had "huge serve problems," Zverev reminded. The times when the serve was a problem for him and numerous double faults occurred seem to have passed.
The German top player is still waiting for his first Grand Slam title. On Monday, he will make his debut in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.
After his knee pain from the third round victory against the Briton Cameron Norrie, it will be shown how the Hamburg native will perform. "Everything is fine," said brother and manager Mischa Zverev at the streaming service Prime: "We trained. The training was not long, it didn't have to be. After three matches on grass, you know how it goes."
- Despite his knee pain, Alexander Zverev's consistent and powerful serve has been a talking point at the International Tennis Federation's Wimbledon tournament in London, where he hails from Great Britain.
- In preparation for the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, where he hopes to secure his first Grand Slam title, German tennis star Alexander Zverev mentioned that he has been diligently working on improving his serve, which has historically been a weakness.
- Alexander Zverev's impressive serve performance against Taylor Fritz in the round of 16 at Wimbledon echoes his comments about his US Open final loss and the impact of a strong serve in achieving Grand Slam titles, like in the French Open and other major tournaments allegedly stolen from him due to serve mishaps.
- Although Taylor Fritz posed a formidable challenge to Alexander Zverev at Wimbledon, he had to produce a strong service performance to pass the test, much like his fellow American and rival, Frances Tiafoe, who made an impact at the US Open.
- As Alexander Zverev continues to dominate the tennis court with his powerful serve, even in the face of knee pain, he joins the ranks of prominent German tennis players like Boris Becker and Steffi Graf, who have significantly impacted the sport on the international stage.
