Unraveling Roger Federer's win strategy according to Alexander Zverev

Germany’s tennis star Alexander Zverev has made an interesting revelation about how former world number one Roger Federer was helped to win more events during his time. The 43-year-old is often regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men’s tennis in the singles category, having won as many as 20 Grand Slam titles.

Germany’s tennis star Zverev recently made an interesting revelation: He claimed that Federer was helped by the authorities to win more events. The world number stated that, in his opinion, the surfaces were made quick to assist Federer.

“Yeah, I mean I’m playing [with] an old school racket still, I’m playing [with] quite a heavy tennis racket still,” he said. “I mean, some of the young guys don’t do that anymore so they swing a lot faster than me. But when the ball comes with pace, I think a heavier racket helps you, so that’s maybe part of the reason. Some obviously racket things there. I mean look, I’m still from the generation from ten years ago, or from five, six years ago, when we had some very fast hard courts, especially when Roger was still around. And obviously, tournaments liked him to go deep, so they were making some very, very fast courts. So I’m used to it a little bit maybe more than some of the younger generation, but I mean, still some adjustments to be made.”

Federer ended his career with 103 titles, the second-most in the history of men’s tennis in the singles category, only behind America’s Jimmy Connors. Another impressive achievement of the Basel-born star was winning Wimbledon as many as eight times, the most in the competition’s history. The 43-year-old also won an Olympic gold medal in 2008 when he and his partner Stan Wawrinka defeated Sweden’s Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson with a score of 6–3, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3.