“It’s disappointing, now I have to try again to regenerate what I’m thinking of a bit stupid,” said the 24-year-old after his semi-final defeat at the ATP tournament in Monte Carlo at the pay-TV channel Sky. “In Miami I was sick, now I have a muscle injury. This year it is not running right around.” This season Zverev is still waiting for the first title and so far was in a final.

The world ranking trims confirmed on demand that he will compete in Munich (25th April to 1 May) and then at the tournaments in Madrid and Rome. The fact that Zverev outlines the sandplatzevent in Barcelona in the coming week was already fixed.

The right thighs tweak

In Monte Carlo he had to give himself on Saturday the Greek Stefanos TsitsiPas with 4: 6, 2: 6 beaten. After quarter-final success against Jannik Sinner from Italy in three sentences and more than three hours the day before, Zverev was visibly not at the height of his powers and also had complaints on the right thigh.

“That the better player has won, is clear. That my thigh has played a role, is also relatively clear,” said the Hamburg. “I was injured a bit, you’ve seen that today, and against players like Stefanos you have to be at a top level – and I was not today.”