Alexander Zverev "Sinner is much better than Alcaraz"

[0:03] Hello everyone, we are going to start with the press conference with Sasha, so please, hands up to request any questions. [0:11] No congratulations for the game, but you tried things, you came to the net, you failed a couple of volleys, [0:24] but do you think it's possible to beat this man nowadays, in general? [0:29] I mean, he's very good, of course, but I think today I would have lost to anybody, to be very fair. [0:36] I think today I played an awful tennis match. [0:40] Hello Sasha, first of all, congratulations on the great tournament. [0:57] Shame that the final did not go your way, but that does not take from the fact that you had a very dominant performance in the rest of the matches. [1:03] My question is regarding the head-to-head in general. [1:06] I feel like in the last few matches, the head-to-head hasn't been in your favour, [1:10] and I mean, of course, you come in in the matches, like, revising the strategy and everything, [1:16] but why do you think it makes for you such a difficult match-up, and why do you think, like, you are struggling with the strategy? Thank you. [1:23] Well, to be honest, I think everybody is struggling against him. [1:27] He's won the last five Masters events, so it's not like I'm the only one losing to him. [1:31] I'm just losing to him more because I get to him every single time when I lose to him, so it's like that. [1:38] Yeah, I mean, today it doesn't make sense to talk much about strategy. [1:43] It was an absolutely terrible match by me, and yeah, I don't think there is much strategy involved. [1:52] Hey Sasha, physically and mentally, how ready do you feel for GAROS and Rome, of course? [2:07] Right now I'm exhausted, to be honest. [2:10] Yeah, I think two-week events are difficult mentally, you have to stay focused for longer. [2:18] I think here also, I mean, I like to play night matches, but I feel jet-lagged a little bit, [2:27] because during the last week, I think I didn't go to bed before 4 a.m. one time, so it's difficult. [2:34] And then I also feel like if that happens, I understand that night matches are more popular with the crowd, [2:40] and stuff like that, but then the final should be also a night match, I think. [2:44] Because then I feel like it's more fair towards both players, [2:49] because when it's a day match and you've played night all week, it's so difficult. [2:55] Especially, you know, of course against Yannick it's difficult always, no matter where it is, [3:00] no matter how you're playing, but with the backstory, it was just impossible today. [3:07] Hi, Sascha. You played against, yeah, you said it before, you played against him every, [3:15] you know, the four semifinals plus the final. I don't know, okay, how do you see his improvement? [3:21] Because, you know, he should be more tired and, you know, he's played, what, 27 games in 55 days, [3:29] something like that, and he's improving. Okay, today it wasn't your best day, but how do you see it? [3:35] Yeah, but I think, I mean, look, I don't think it's a surprise, he's world number one. [3:39] I think it's not more, not improving, I think it's very stable. [3:44] He doesn't have dips, he doesn't have phases where he goes down. [3:50] I think that's why he's world number one, and to me that's more, sorry, more spectacular. [3:58] I think it's keeping the level the whole time. [4:02] Hi, Alexander, sorry for the loss today. Do you think there is a big gap between Sinner and Alcaraz and the rest of the ranking? [4:15] Well, I think there's a big gap between Sinner and everybody else right now. It's quite simple. [4:22] I think there's a big gap between Sinner and everybody else, and I think there's a big gap between Alcaraz, myself, maybe Novak and everybody else. [4:30] I think there's two gaps right now, but it's difficult to say that there's not a gap between Sinner and everybody else if he hasn't lost a match in, you know, in how many Masters events? [4:42] Since Shanghai. He hasn't lost a match in almost nine months, I think. You have to admit that there's a gap between him and everybody else, yeah. [4:50] Last one in England. [4:52] I was looking back to your head-to-head, and the first time you played, well, five years ago, six, five, six, but you beat him in Roland Garros. [5:05] No, I lost him. [5:06] So, you lost the first match in Roland Garros. [5:09] Yes. [5:10] Oh, I'm sorry, man. Then you beat him the next four times, blah, blah, okay. [5:15] Yeah, but he was also 20. [5:17] Very young, okay. Well, never lose the hole. [5:21] Yeah, thank you, man. [5:22] You know how to beat anybody. [5:24] I'm gonna call you before my next match. [5:26] I'll try to see you on my TV. [5:29] Yeah, yeah, of course. [5:31] Alexander, Sie haben nach dem Spiel dargesetzt und minutenlang in die Leere gestarrt, verständlicherweise. [5:39] Können Sie einmal bitte Ihre Gefühlslage jetzt gerade oder nach dem Spiel direkt zusammenfassen? [5:43] Ehrlich, ich bin wirklich müde. [5:45] Ich bin, wie schon gesagt, ich verstehe diese Night-Matches, ich verstehe das alles. [5:51] Das ist für das Turnier sehr, sehr populär und so weiter und so fort. [5:54] Aber dann sollte man das Finale auch zur selben Zeit spielen. [5:57] Man sollte dann nicht tagsüber spielen. [5:59] Ich weiß, es ist wie vor, nachmittags und so weiter. [6:02] Es ist nicht früh. [6:03] Aber trotzdem, man muss die Stunden davor zählen. [6:09] Ich bin jeden Tag um vier morgens ins Bett gegangen. [6:12] Ich habe bis 12, 12.30 Uhr jeden Tag geschlafen, weil sonst, ja, ich kann ja nicht jede Nacht nur fünf Stunden schlafen. [6:19] Und heute musst du dich natürlich um 12.30 Uhr warm machen. [6:22] Das heißt, du musst um 10 Uhr aufstehen. [6:24] Die Zeit ist einfach verschoben. [6:26] Alles ist verschoben. [6:27] Und ich habe heute das Gefühl gehabt, ich sehe vier Bälle, die auf mich kommen. [6:33] Und zwar relativ schnell von seiner Seite aus. [6:35] Können Sie denn, also wie lange dauert es jetzt, dass Sie dieses Finale, was nicht gut verlaufen ist, [6:43] dass Sie das jetzt abhaken und weitermachen? [6:45] Weil Sie haben ja an sich ein sehr gutes Turnier gespielt. [6:47] Ja, ich muss einfach mal schauen und ich muss einfach mal reindenken, wie ich gegen ihn gewinnen kann. [6:54] Gegen alle anderen kann ich es ja. [6:57] Das habe ich ja jetzt in den letzten Monaten gezeigt. [6:59] Es ist mehr eine Lösung finden, was ich gegen ihn machen muss. [7:03] Ja, danke.