MUTUA MADRID OPEN

May 1, 2022

Alexander Zverev

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. How important is it for you after what happened in Munich to come to play Madrid, to play a tournament you have won twice. Does it help you?

ALEXANDER ZVEREV: Yeah, I mean, look, I played a very bad match. I didn't die or I didn't get injured or something like this.

Yeah, it was just a very bad match in Munich. I'm happy to be here. This is obviously one of my favorite places in the world to play tennis. So we will see how this week goes but I'm excited, I'm motivated. Yeah, we will see how it goes.

Q. What is the deal now with Sergi Bruguera? It's a test right now, or it's...

ALEXANDER ZVEREV: No, he's my coach. Yeah.

Q. Till the end of the year, or...

ALEXANDER ZVEREV: No, I mean, you can never put a timing on this. I hope for a very long time.

Obviously I have been without a coach, you know, like a real coach for six, seven months now, since, you know, my father had some other things that he had to deal with.

At the end of the day, I thought that it's not going to be such a long time. I thought my father would be back maybe a little bit sooner, but it is what it is. There is sometimes more important things than tennis, and, yeah, I need a coach. I need guidance. I need somebody who can look out for what is going on on the tennis court. I think Serg is one of the best guys for this.

Obviously I talked to David Ferrer again, because for me he's a great guy. He said that at the moment he has a lot of other things to do, and he's the one that suggested Sergi Bruguera.

We tried in Miami and it worked out very well. We get along extremely well on court. Hopefully it will be a successful relationship.