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fan of shirt lifts and coin toss lateness but not bathroom breaks. basel got me into it, hamburg continued the legacy 🐐⚡️alt: @oocsaschazverev @whyredfont
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@_tash______ Yeah, the champions get a miniature version of the trophy at all the slams.
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An edit I made of Sascha’s Triumph this past week.
Idea from: @_tash______
I will never forget Roland Garros 2026.
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@_tash______ what I love about this community is that despite all , we always show respect to others .. never attacked anyone or become haters for certain players .. throwing hate comments all around like others , we stay classy despite all and we care about Sascha only . ❤️
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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: bild.de/sport/mehr-spo…
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@_tash______ Well said Tash. I became a Sascha fan during the whole second serve fiasco a few years ago. And now watching him win a Slam is so wonderful.
Do you know if there's a Sascha fan discord server? It'd be nice to have somewhere to go to support him minus the haters and bots.
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