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A great response from a T1 diabetic to the comments on Alexander Zverev's explanation of his physical problems in the match against Taylor Fritz in Halle.
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Alexander Zverev (Type 1 diabetic) explains his physical struggles during the semi-final in Halle: “I had extreme problems with my blood sugar today.” (Sensor malfunction before the match)
Q: You were having physical problems. What was going on, and should we be worried with Wimbledon in mind?
Zverev: “No, I don’t think so. My back locked up, but that wasn’t the reason. I had extreme problems with my blood sugar today because, unfortunately, before the match the device – the sensor I use – displayed an incorrect blood sugar reading, so I injected far too much insulin. And then during the match, or in the first 45 minutes of the match, I consumed almost 350 g of sugar and I simply felt absolutely terrible. Unfortunately, that was the reason today why, physically speaking, I wasn’t really there in the second set; in the third set, too, it was difficult for me to even be physically present. But I fought hard, I gave it my all, and in the end, you have to say he deserved to win. He played better than me today. He was more present, fresher, moved better, and so he deserved to win.”
Q.: You came here hoping to finally win a grass-court title here in Halle. How big is the disappointment now, after such a great match?
Zverev: “Yes, I’m disappointed because I feel my tennis is there. But unfortunately, for other reasons, it just didn’t work out today. And the last few times I’ve played against Taylor Fritz, he’s been the better player, and I feel that my game was there today, but I simply wasn’t physically able to show it. But in a way, that also gives me a positive sign ahead of Wimbledon, because I feel I’ve settled in quite well on grass and hopefully I’ll be able to show that at Wimbledon too.”
Q.: Have you had this happen with the sensor before?
Zverev: “This is the first time the sensor – I’ve had the sensor since 2016/2017 – so for the first time in nine years that it’s been so drastically wrong. I don’t know, I’ve no idea.”
Q.: What exactly did you do during that interruption? Can you tell us?
Zverev: Which one? After the second set?
Q.: When you…
Zverev: “Oh, right, that’s when they adjusted my back. At that time it was my back, but if you look at it, I was drinking one glucose gel after another, so I ended up consuming 350g or 300g of sugar. At some point, that just becomes difficult. It’s the same as if you were to drink 3.5 litres of Coke during a match. You wouldn’t feel particularly well either, but I just had to do it because otherwise I’d have been running low on sugar the whole time."
Q.: When did you realise that the device was showing the wrong reading, and, more importantly, how did you realise it?
Zverev: “Just before the match. The device was showing an extremely high blood sugar level, but I already felt as though my blood sugar was low. Then I checked it myself and my blood sugar was actually already low, so I thought, ‘Okay, this is going to be a difficult day.’”
Q.: Sascha, this was your first tournament as a Grand Slam champion. Does it make any difference mentally when you go into a tournament fresh off the back of a Grand Slam victory?
Zverev: “Well, I’m already looking ahead to Wimbledon a bit, and I think I’ve played some relatively good grass-court tennis here, played some good matches, and that’s the main thing for me. Nothing else matters right now. I’ve said before that in tennis, even when things are going well, you need to have a short memory, because the next tournament is practically already next week. And that’s Wimbledon again, and I’ll do everything I can to prepare well and show some good tennis there too.”
Q.: Jannik Sinner is back at Wimbledon now and is currently training again. As a pro yourself, how do you view a break like this? Does a break like this help you to go into a tournament feeling a bit more relaxed?
Zverev: “For me, it actually never helps (laughs). I always need a warm-up tournament, but Jannik’s different in that respect. Because Jannik won the Australian Open without a warm-up tournament – twice, in fact. There are players like that. Roger Federer never needed a warm-up tournament; he’s won countless Grand Slam tournaments without one. I’m someone who needs a bit of match rhythm. I don’t think Jannik needs that, because he’s shown that time and again in Australia.”
Q: You said you enjoy playing here in Germany, but you'd also like to play for Germany again. Perhaps you'll return to Halle in September. What are your plans then?
Zverev: "Well, I hope so. We'll see if I get nominated (laughs)."
Q.: Sascha, you’re here with practically your whole family. Your child’s here, your brother’s here with his children, all the dogs are here. It’s practically a massive Zverev family event. How special and how lovely is it to have everyone together here in Germany, and does that give you some extra energy for the tournament?
Zverev: “In a way, it gives you energy, and in a way, it takes a bit of energy away. You’ve got to be honest about that (laughs). Because with four dogs and a few children, there’s a lot of playing going on. And Dad has to join in too. But it’s been a wonderful week for me, even if it’s ended on a slightly disappointing note. It was still a positive week for me. I really enjoyed being here, playing here, and I think the crowd this week was, in my eyes, the best crowd I’ve ever had in Halle. And I really enjoyed being out on court as well.”
Source: https://t.co/96HwBuLNEX
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Alexander Zverev has been practising on the grass already in Halle
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Alexander Zverev talks to BILD about his victory, family, dogs, future plans, diabetes, health and his daughter Mayla
BILD: What moment has stuck with you the most since that match point?
Alexander Zverev: "When I held the trophy in my hands for the first time. That was the moment I’d been searching for and waiting for for years. Being able to touch it for the first time was the best feeling. And then giving it to my father, my mother, and my brother, just the same. That’s what makes it so special."
BILD: The pictures from your player's box went around the world. What was that moment like when you went to your family?
Zverev: "It was clear that I would go to my father first. We did most of the work together. But the rest of the team was also there for me over the years. The fitness coach since 2014, Sergey Bubka as manager for many years, only the physio is new. After two weeks, he had a great start. And my brother is my brother of course. My best friend, my grandma, it was beautiful."
BILD: What memories do you have of the party night in Paris?
Zverev: "It was great. I don't remember exactly what happened, but it was wonderful. Just kidding! I remember everything. Everyone was in a great mood, going wild, just the way it should be."
BILD: Your girlfriend Sophia Thomalla brought a new dachshund named Buba as a gift. You said you immediately fell in love with him.
Zverev: "I knew she'd bought one. She arrived in the evening and returned the next morning, so I've only seen him for a few hours so far. We left Mishka,our other dog, and Buba with my mother. She told me they didn’t sleep a single second because the two dogs, who are siblings, played through the whole night. They get along really well."
BILD: Last year you gave Sophia Mishka as a gift, now she gave you a dachshund too.
Zverev: "Yes, because Mishka decided that he is daddy's dog. And so she said she would give me a dog too, which would then be hers (laughs)."
BILD: You are the first diabetic to reach the tennis throne. What does that mean to you?
Zverev: "A lot, but not for myself. It’s a sign for parents and children out there that you can achieve anything with diabetes. I’ve spoken about it often, but now I’ve proven it. Talking is one thing, showing it is another. I have this condition, and now there's someone they can touch, someone who's been through it all."
BILD: Do you fear that the drive you had is now gone, because you absolutely wanted this one title?
Zverev: "No, because I enjoy the work. I like going to the weight room. If I stopped playing tennis now, I would still go to the gym because it’s fun. Yes, winning that title was a motivator. But it wasn’t the reason I worked so hard. I enjoy it! If I don’t do it, I don’t feel right. That doesn’t mean I’ll win Wimbledon in a few weeks. I won’t stop working or lose the desire to train—that won’t happen. I want to keep playing for another ten years."
BILD: Sophia says you’re going to win two or three more titles like that.
Zverev: "I’m happy for her. If that’s what she thinks, that’s great. Two more this year would be nice."
BILD: Is World No. 1 still a goal, even though Jannik Sinner is an incredible 6,200 points away?
Zverev: "Yes, now it is. I’ve reached the Grand Slam goal, and the only thing missing for me in the sport is World No. 1. Just for a single week. That would be pleasant. Even though it will obviously be difficult with the competition."
BILD: In Paris, after Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic went out, you said you weren’t paying attention to any of that, that you were just taking it one match at a time, and that you weren’t concerned about being the favorite. Was it really that simple?
Zverev: "No. I told myself that I was taking it one match at a time and only focusing on the things I could control. But even if I have my phone off and don’t read anything, you still hear about it, of course—that those two are out. That made me nervous. I didn’t sleep at all that night. I knew that suddenly, out of the three big favorites, I was the last one left in the draw. Suddenly, this was my huge chance to win my first Grand Slam—one I could win and perhaps had to win. It was an incredibly stressful week with an unbelievable amount of pressure. I felt uncomfortable at times, but I coped with it and managed it incredibly well."
BILD: You spoke about having lied to yourself.
Zverev: "Yes, I did. You know that Alcaraz is injured and Novak barely played. Over the last few months, you've been the best behind Sinner. That makes you nervous. Against Quentin Halys in the 3rd round, I wasn't good, but I survived that, and after that, I reset myself in the tournament."
BILD: The new star in your player's box is your grandma Natalia. Do you still remember playing tennis with her as a child?
Zverev: "Of course, I was four or five years old, and she always came to visit from Sochi. My mother was giving coaching lessons, and we were next door playing. She was a USSR champion herself, after all."
BILD: Your grandma brought new energy to the box, always clapping until nobody else was clapping. Does that make you happy, considering you used to complain that your box was too quiet?
Zverev: "I always just look at my father or at the statistics my brother shows me. But people told me exactly that after every match. We are also trying to bring her over permanently, but that’s not possible with a Russian passport, even if the grandson is named Alexander Zverev."
BILD: How did the superstition come about that everyone in the box always has to sit in the exact same seat?
Zverev: "That didn’t come from me, you can forget about that! That comes from my father. If someone sits in the wrong seat, they get corrected. (laughs)"
BILD: What was the most unexpected congratulations?
Zverev: "I still have 1,576 unread messages. I've been answering them for three days, but I will still need a few more days. I want to write back to everyone. Unexpected was the Chancellor, who just called. That was a great honor. I don’t know him personally. There were many beautiful messages; the one from Novak, Rafa Nadal wrote me a very long one, which was beautiful. Dirk Nowitzki even texted during the match (laughs), Toni Kroos, Joshua Kimmich, Mats Hummels..."
BILD: What does the Chancellor say to you?
Zverev: "He was very happy about the victory and said that he watched the match and cheered along. I think that's great; I hadn't expected it."
BILD: After the first-round loss at Wimbledon, you questioned everything and said only your daughter Mayla makes you happy. The discussion about your father as a coach was stronger than ever. That is over now, I assume, right?
Zverev: "The coaching question was never on the table for me. Mayla makes me happy, but that has nothing to do with firing my team. I’m not that type of person. When things go well, everything is super, and when things don’t go well three months later, you're supposed to fire everyone, or what? Sometimes you have to blame yourself, and there are reasons. Last year I had back problems, bone edema due to a metabolic disorder. That was the reason why I played matches in pain, couldn’t practice properly, and therefore didn’t get into shape. After Australia, I was out of shape until Vienna in the autumn. In Shanghai, I started taking care of the edema and began to feel better and better. Because of that, I played better. You could have put our favorite Boris [Becker] there, he wouldn’t have been able to do anything either with an injured player."
BILD: Your father is 66. If you want to play for another ten years, will he keep going that long?
Zverev: "I think he will retire at some point. If he tells me he wants to go on a boat and fish, then I’ll say: "Okay, and thank you so, so much for the 25 years. I understand." But that will have to come from him. I will change coaches when he tells me he doesn't want to do it anymore. That day will come, and it is truly well-deserved. He has three grandchildren at home, a granddaughter who visits from time to time, so I wouldn’t want to be constantly traveling the world either."
BILD: You visited Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt a few times, who got you fit again after your back problems. What share does he have in this title?
Zverev: "In December, he pumped me full of many injections. Maybe it wasn’t 70, but definitely 60. He made sure that I could play pain-free this year. Most recently, I was with him after the Masters in Rome, where he gave me another two rounds of 20 injections. So he has his share and helped me a lot."
BILD: After the match point at the Olympics in Tokyo, you called your then few-months-old daughter Mayla before the press conference and showed the baby the gold medal. When did you show the trophy to your now five-year-old daughter?
Zverev: "None of you even noticed. She was on the phone, which was on my lap during the press conference where the trophy was also sitting, and she listened to everything."
BILD: Is she slowly growing into the tennis business?
Zverev: "In Acapulco, she had an incredible amount of fun. Sergey's son was there too, and they always danced during the changeovers and had a really great time. She is liking it more and more."
BILD: Can German women's tennis have hope?
Zverev: "She is very talented. If she wants to, absolutely. She already plays a little bit, she's left-handed. I can send her to my brother, he's left-handed too. Though: he'll mess up her forehand (laughs). He shouldn’t work on that with her. But she's coming to the tournament in Halle now."
BILD: Do you have a wish?
Zverev: "That this title won’t be the last."
Source: https://t.co/KEYtEti2mz
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Alexander Zverev: "I lied to myself."
Q.: I think you’ve always managed it in such a really structured way, this whole pressure situation. From the moment Sinner went out, the same questions kept coming up over and over again. Is the success formula that simple for you? Eating sushi, hanging out with your friends...?
A. Zverev: "No, I faked it to the absolute limit. I convinced myself of it. So, yes, now I can be honest about it. I convinced myself, I lied to myself, for my own good purpose. When Sinner lost, I didn’t sleep at all that night. Luckily, the next day I played in the evening against Quentin Halys, so I was able to sleep the whole day. But what happens during the day? The match before me—Djokovic loses. So, the worst match I played at the French Open was definitely the one against Quentin Halys. I mean, I was tight, I wasn’t free, I didn’t play well, I didn’t serve well. That was the only match where I really didn’t serve well.
And after I won that match, then I was like, okay, phew, I’ve gotten through that match now, now I can get back to myself, now I can play tennis again. But, of course, I was nervous. It was, I think, the most stressful week I’ve ever had in my life, to be honest.
I knew that suddenly I was the overwhelming favorite at this tournament, which I'd never been at a Grand Slam before. I knew that if I could play good tennis, which I’ve also shown all year, and just play my usual tennis, that I can really win this tournament and have to win it. And I think I managed that incredibly well - up until the final. In the final, I was very nervous, I was tense. But even there, in the crucial moments, I played my best tennis, and yes, I think I played the best set of the match in the fifth set."
Source: https://t.co/LTmyGEzg6J
Q.: You couldn't write a better script. It's on this court where, basically four years earlier, you are lying on the court with a terrible injury—one of the worst you can almost have as a tennis player—in excruciating pain, and then four years later, almost in the same spot, you're lying there, but this time because you are a Grand Slam champion. I mean, Hollywood couldn’t have written it any better.
Alexander Zverev: "Yes, that's crazy. Above all, I didn’t realize it. I only understood it at the very end when I saw the video again. I mean, I fell to the ground just two meters away from that spot. So, that was on the same side, on the same baseline. It was all pretty much the same. Maybe that was somehow part of a bigger plan, that I’d win my first Grand Slam title right there at that exact spot. But it's obviously something very special because I love this court. I've said that often. This court is something very special. I've had some wonderful moments on this court, but this court has also brought me an incredible amount of pain, in terms of the injury, in terms of the lost Grand Slam final and so on. And that I can win my first Grand Slam there now is obviously all the more special."
Q.: You were so in the zone that you only realized, okay, it's over, when you looked over at your dad?
Alexander Zverev: "Yes, because I kept thinking.... I had match point just before that, and he saved it with a net cord. And then I thought, okay, great, here it goes again. And then I kept thinking up until the very end, something is still going to happen now. Something's going to happen now. And then I just kept waiting to see what would happen next, what else would happen, and then I won. And then it was okay, now you can finally relax [laughs]."
Source: https://t.co/nMYJzWGHcG
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Doesn't the Grand Slam title also mean that Sascha will cut his hair? I think he said yes at some point, if he won a Grand Slam, he would cut his hair or not 🤔🤔
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