Zverev and the art of waiting with a purpose

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Alexander Zverev's career has been a constant rollercoaster. Off-field controversies with his manager (now former manager). Off-field controversies with his coaches (now former coaches). Off-field controversies with his girlfriends (now former girlfriends, although these cases surely deserve a separate, deep, and thorough analysis, and have helped a significant part of the fan base develop a strong antipathy towards the German). A guy destined to win, who broke into the elite circle at 17, but always under the constant secrecy of the bubble in which he grew up (alongside his father and brother, in a small entourage that traveled the circuit before Alexander himself started competing).

In the ups and downs of his adolescence, the outbreak and supposed maturity, Alexander Zverev's own mindset went through different states. The prince destined to conquer the world, someone capable of defeating Novak Djokovic at the Foro Itálico and playing a great match against Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open before turning 20. The feeling that he was the one to take the lead once the slow, but inevitable decline of the Big Three arrived.

The impatience of realizing that these gods were not made of the same stuff as the rest of mortals, that his rapid ascent would be delayed due to external merits. The maturity gained in places that did not require so much mental confidence. The Olympic medal, the world number two ranking, Nadal's decline, figuring out Djokovic, being very close to the top, the US Open mishap, the "it will come" motto, the lack of self-criticism, the arrival of Alcaraz, and then Sinner.

Zverev experienced what we all go through: time seemed to move too fast. In the blink of an eye, he went from being the prince everyone wanted to flirt with, to the frustrated and exiled 'almost king' while other handsome monarchs conquered what he never did. In exile, Zverev continued to recruit top-tier soldiers; not good enough to overpower the Alcarazian and Sinnerist hordes in direct combat, but with the necessary resilience to seize even the smallest opportunity, holding onto the possibility of a crack that sometimes only he believed in.

Zverev and the key to his Grand Slam championship: how he won Roland Garros

Paradoxically, and also explaining many things, after a career full of ups and downs, Alexander Zverev's first Grand Slam victory came thanks to patience. To knowing how to handle it. To opportunism. To consistency. It's a reward for the constancy of the only player of his generation who hasn't been overshadowed by the increasing power, ball speed, and consistency of younger players. While Medvedev and Tsitsipas, with whom he once stood on a par, lost faith in their identities, Zverev, without showing a noticeable evolution, also didn't stop believing in the weapons that brought him to the elite.

Those same weapons (or lack thereof) that make him inferior to Jannik or Carlos, yes; but This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Zverev y el arte de esperar con un propósito