THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

July 6, 2023

Alexander Zverev

Press Conference

A. ZVEREV/G. Brouwer

6-4, 7-6, 7-6

THE MODERATOR: Welcome to the press conference of Alexander Zverev.

Good to be in the second round?

ALEXANDER ZVEREV: Very, yeah. Took me three days, but I'm here. I'm happy about that.

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. You made a joke of having to wait three days. You were the last pair to start the first round. Is that difficult for a player? Were you not knowing what to do with yourself?

ALEXANDER ZVEREV: No, look, the tournament starts when the tournament starts. For further matches, it's not going to be easy. Because big difference between here and normal tournaments is we're playing best-of-five sets. I think if you have to play two or three or four back-to-back five-set matches, at some point it is going to get difficult physically.

But after the first-round match, I'm not at that stage. I hope that I'll be fine. I hope that I am physically prepared for this kind of moment. But, of course, it's not helpful, let's put it that way, but it is what is.

Nobody has a magic switch for the rain, so... Nobody can do anything about that.

Q. In that respect of winning three sets was great going forward?

ALEXANDER ZVEREV: Yeah, usually winning in three sets at slams is great. Especially in this case it's even better for me.

Q. (Question about fitness and confidence.)

ALEXANDER ZVEREV: I mean, I proved at the French Open that my fitness is at a good stage. I think I'm not thinking about these kind of things anymore. That's usually a good sign, when you're not thinking about it. It means that you're prepared.

For now, as I said, I played three sets. I feel pretty fresh and I feel pretty ready to go.