Zverev 非難するs ATP 小旅行する over late-night matches
MADRID (AP) - Alexander Zverev 非難するd the ATP 小旅行する for its scheduling of late-night matches and said he was at a disadvantage in Sunday´s final against Carlos Alcaraz at the Madrid Open.
The third-階級d Zverev was overpowered by the 19-year-old Spaniard in straight 始める，決めるs.
Zverev 譲歩するd that he probably would have lost to Alcaraz even if he was "fresh," but said that at least it would have been a "better final" if he hadn´t had to go to bed after 4 a.m. 地元の time in the previous nights.
He said it´s a problem that has been happening on a 週刊誌 basis and he was getting "tired of it," 追加するing that the 小旅行する needs to do better to 避ける 存在 不公平な with players.
"The ATP´s 職業 was an 絶対の 不名誉 this week," Zverev said. "To play a final against Carlos Alcaraz, who for me is the best player in the world 権利 now, in a Masters 1000 event ... it is difficult. I had no 調整 today. I had no 調整 on my serve, I had no 調整 on my groundstrokes. I 行方不明になるd two 総計費s that were 最高の 平易な because I see the ball and everything is moving in my 注目する，もくろむs."
He said that during the warmup he already knew he would struggle.
Alexander Zverev, of Germany, pulls up his jersey during the final match with Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul White)
"I was a little bit late all of the time. My first step was not so quick," Zverev said. "If you are playing the best players in the world, you have to be at your 最高の，を越す. さもなければ you will have no chance. Today I had no chance."
Zverev started Saturday's semifinal match against Stefanos Tsitsipas at about 11 p.m. 地元の time and the three-始める，決める match ended after 1 a.m. He returned to the "Caja M?gica" 中心 法廷，裁判所 after the match to practice his service for a few minutes, then had to work with his physios and eat before getting 支援する to the hotel.
"I think all of us have stayed up late, all of us maybe partied いつかs, but if you are staying up until 4 a.m., the next day you are dead," he said. "I played the next day. If you´re doing it again, the next day until 5 a.m., you will have a difficult time to be even awake."
Zverev also played in the night 開会／開廷／会期 against Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 準々決勝, when he won in two 始める，決めるs.
"I don´t want to take anything away (from Carlos)," Zverev said. "I feel sad for the final that we played, because this could have been a very good match. This could have been a 広大な／多数の／重要な match."
The 正規の／正選手 scheduling of high-profile late matches has been a major source of 失望／欲求不満 for the German player.
"It´s やめる upsetting because it takes away a 広大な／多数の／重要な match. It takes away the sport of tennis. Everybody 手配中の，お尋ね者 to see a 広大な／多数の／重要な fight. Everybody 手配中の，お尋ね者 to see some high-level tennis. But I´m also human. I´m not a robot," Zverev said. "I can´t. I 簡単に I cannot be on my level when this is happening e very 選び出す／独身 night."
Zverev also had to play late in Acapulco earlier this year.
"The chances are 存在 taken away from me," he said. "At the end of the day, everybody forgets about those things. Nobody 会談 about it, you know. Everybody says, `Yeah, it was a bad match, I made 二塁打 faults, I didn´t play 井戸／弁護士席´ and all of that. But look at what is happening the days before. Look at what is 現実に happening behind the scenes, 同様に. It´s not やめる fair, I think."
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Alexander Zverev, of Germany, walks on the 法廷，裁判所 during the final match with Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Alexander Zverev, of Germany, returns the ball to Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, during the final match at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Alexander Zverev, of Germany, 権利, sprays with sparkling ワイン Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, at the end of the final match at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Alcaraz won 6-3, 6-1. (AP Photo/Paul White)
