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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nWorld No. 4 Zverev sees one simple reason for the world\u2019s Top 2 commanding the sport: Superior shotmaking.<\/p>\n
Responding to a question from Tennis Now\u2019s Chris Oddo, Zverev said success in today\u2019s tennis is not about tactics, it\u2019s about shot-making skills.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the players that win the most are the ones that have the best shots,\u201d Zverev said after today\u2019s Indian Wells 7-6, 5-7, 7-6 win over American Brandon Nakashima. \u201cI think the players that win the
most now, especially now, because tennis is just a powerful sport now, have the best forehand, have the best backhand, have the best serve, have the best return. I think those are the players that win the most in the last couple of years.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are winning \u201cthe\u201d most, not because they play tennis by a lot of tactics, their shots are just better than everyone else\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
World No. 1 Alcaraz showed superior instincts and survival skills against Zverev in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old Spaniard overcame apparent mid-match cramping, twice vomited into his towel, rallied from 3-5 down in the final set and reeled off four games in a row fending off Zverev 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-7(4), 7-5 in a mind-blowing Melbourne marathon semifinal.<\/p>\n
Zverev suggested because today\u2019s tennis is primarily a baseline game, players don\u2019t have to adjust to disparate styles, including serve-and-volleyers like his older brother Mischa Zverev, therefore tactics are not as vital as stroke production, power and shotmaking.<\/p>\n
Though you could argue that Alcaraz\u2019s variation\u2014his net skills, drop shots, finesse and penchant for unpredictability\u2014are also primary reasons for his success.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think ten years ago, tactics and, you know, tennis IQ, as you said, was more important than it is now,\u201d Zverev said. \u201cI think it has lost a bit of value. I think just, yeah, whoever hits the ball the best wins the most matches.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Sunday, March 8, 2026Photo credit: Phil Walter\/Getty INDIAN WELLS\u2014Alexander Zverev pushed Carlos Alcaraz to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-526691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}