Article by David Istrate – published on Thursday, August 28, 2025, 15:36 / Updated Thursday, August 28, 2025 15:38
After qualifying in the second round at the US Open, Alexander Zverev (28 years old, 3 ATP) revealed that he still has physical problems and has been irritated by his brother Mischa comments, making an irony.
In the first round at Flushing Meadows, Alexander Zverev defeated 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-4 on Alejandro Tabilo (28 years, 122 ATP). In the second round, the German will play against Jacob Fearnley (24 years, 60 ATP), who comes after the victory with Roberto Bautista-Agut (37 years, 47 ATP), score 7-5, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
Alexander Zverev, disturbed by his brother's comments: “What did he say?”
At the end of the match, Zverev had a tense dialogue with Sky, who informed him a comment made by Mischa, his brother. He had stated that Alexander had no more problems with his backwhich disturbed it on the world number 3.
Here is Zverev's dialogue with journalists, presented by We Love Tennis:
Sky: Your brother said you have no problems with your back. Is everything ok?
Zverev: What did my brother say?
Sky: That you have no problems with your back.
Zverev: Yes my brother always knows better. No, I still have back pain. Will not change in the next 2 weeks.
Alexander Zverev had a complicated 2025 year in which, perhaps, mental health problems affected him more than physical. After the Australian Open final, the 28 -year -old tennis stopped in “quarters” at Roland Garros, losing Novak Djokovic.
Then, at Wimbledon, the crisis of Zverev was deepened by the elimination in the first round, after a defeat against the French Arthur Rinderknech. In total, he has a balance of 43 wins and 16 defeats in 2025.
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The 2020 finalist in search of the first Grand Slam title
At the US Open, the best results of Zverev are a final in 2020 and a semifinal in 2021. In the last two editions, the German has stopped in the quarterfinals of the New York competition.
Mischa Zverev (38 years old), Alexander's brother, also played a professional tennis, his career stretching from 2005 to 2023. With one title in the palmares he climbed to the 25th place.
