"I would never have said in my life that I was the favorite against Nadal in Paris": Zverev clarifies Roland Garros semi-final comments

Alexander Zverev raised more than a few eyebrows recently when he admitted that he felt capable of beating Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros last year.

Nadal and Zverev were playing an iconic match at Roland Garros which lasted 3 hours and was only in the second set when the injury happened. Zverev said recently that it's his belief that the would have emerged as the winner of that match had he not gotten injured, something that was heavily mocked in the tennis community.

He clarified his stance once more explaining that he doesn't consider himself the favourite against Nadal at Roland Garros but simply felt like he could have won that match:

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"I would never have said in my life that I was the favorite against Nadal in Paris, I simply commented that I was looking competitive and we were having a great game."

He then added that his words get misinterpreted way too often:

"If my words were reproduced literally by the press, I would be much more open to talk, but if every time I say something, it is going to be misrepresented to make it more sellable and create a false story, I will limit myself to being politically correct and say the same as the rest."

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