"I had a lot of pressure in Australia" admits Zverev on poor result down under

Alexander Zverev spoke ahead of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier and the German admitted that he dealt with a lot of pressure.

Zverev arrived in Melbourne as a dark horse candidate to win the event as he technically had a chance to even become number one in the world if things happened a certain way. The German disappointed not only himself but many of his fans and pundits with very poor play and a shocking result crashing out early. Speaking on that ahead of his return in Montepellier he said:

I had a bad Australian Open. I had a lot of pressure in Australia, everyone kept telling me that I could become world number one by performing there, and I was disappointed with my result.”

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Asked whether he watched the final Zverev admitted he did and on the extraordinary match he said:

“I watched the end of the final, even though I would have liked to be at the Rod Laver Arena in the moment. Rafa was incredible, extraordinary. We must also congratulate Daniil, who was also extraordinary.”