"Been an incredible week" says Zverev after Cincinnati title run

Alexander Zverev won his first match at the Western & Southern Open ever on Wednesday and he will leave Cincinnati as the Champion.

Am amazing week unfolded in Cincinnati for Alexander Zverev as the German went from never winning a match at the event to being a champion of it. In the final, he faced off his longtime friend on the Tour Andrey Rublev and crushed him 6-2 6-2. Zverev himself noted the crazy week saying:

“The first win I ever had on these courts was on Wednesday, four days ago, and now I have my first title here. It has been an incredible week, a lot of great matches. It is an incredible feeling going into the US Open."

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Zverev did not emphatically celebrate the win or any good rally as he explained after the match:

“I was playing pretty good tennis. I did not do a big celebration because I know how Andrey feels as well because we have been best friends since we were 11 years old and I know he is seeking his first Masters 1000 win, but it is going to come very soon I think."

Zverev is now on a 11-match winning streak dating back to the Olympic Games in Tokyo and asked whether he feels he can win the US Open he said:

“I don’t want to get ahead of myself yet. I won the gold medal and just won a Masters, which I am very happy about and am looking forward to New York.”