Zverev: I, Djokovic and Medvedev will continue to dominate men's tennis in 2022

Recently, Zverev, the world's third, won the German Male Athlete of the Year award, and he said in an interview that he aims to be the world's first and Grand Slam champion in the new season, and believes that he, Djokovic and Medvedev will continue to dominate the men's tennis world in the 2022 season.

"I think the situation next season will be very similar to what has been the case for the last six months. Before that, everyone was talking about Nadal, Federer and Djokovic, but in this year's Olympic Games, the US Open, the year-end finals, Wimbledon, all of which were won by Medvedev, Djokovic and me. I don't think that's going to change anything next year. ”

Djokovic, Medvedev and Zverev occupy the top three positions in the world, but with Djokovic under great pressure to keep points at next season's Grand Slam tournaments, Medvedev and Zverev are expected to further narrow the points gap next year.

Speaking about the goal of world number one, Zverev said: "I know very well that I am not far from world number one, but in order to achieve this goal I have to win a lot of championships, win grand slam titles. Whether Novak (Djokovic) will play at the Australian Open is still unknown, of course I definitely hope he will come to the competition. But at the end of the day, now is not the time to talk about world number one, now I need to be as ready as possible for next season. ”

"In my opinion, my tennis level has improved a lot over the past few years. I can see this not only in the game against Novak [Djokovic], but also against others. I've had a conversation with Novak and he thinks he's still at the peak of his career, he thinks his serve is a lot better than before, and he thinks he's still at the same level as he used to be, so I can come to that conclusion. ”

"I've become more calm on the field, I've become more mature, I'm not 18 or 19 years old anymore. I've learned more about life, and I've learned that you have to stay calm in the most critical moments. My biggest improvement, though, is in the second serve, and I've never made 20 double mistakes in a game in the last six months. ”

In addition, Zverev believes that Djokovic deserves to be regarded as the best men's player of all time: "Federer and Nadal have always been the darlings of the audience and the media, and Novak has never been. But at some point, you can no longer ignore the records he's set, he's got the same number of Grand Slams as Federer and Nadal, he has more Masters titles, he has more world first weeks, he's leading in every statistic. Not to mention that they are all in an era, so the conclusion is very clear for me, in terms of achievement alone, Novak surpassed Federer and Nadal. ”

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)