This means that the German has now lost three consecutive matches, including Zverev\u2019s third round defeat at the US Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n After a disappointing weekend for Zverev<\/a> at the Laver Cup, he provided an update on his back injury that he has recently been struggling with.<\/p>\n Despite making a late fightback to force a second set tie-break, Zverev continued his recent poor record against Fritz after losing their sixth consecutive meeting.<\/p>\n When reflecting on the match in the post-match press conference, Zverev was asked about what makes it so challenging to play Fritz, who also beat Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> at the Laver Cup.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, Taylor has a massive game,\u201d said Zverev. \u201cWhen he\u2019s on, he\u2019s really on, you know? I mean, he can hurt anybody. He can compete with anybody, so he\u2019s a difficult player, for sure. <\/p>\n \u201cI tried my best today. I was close to winning the second set and then the tiebreak with the team in my back. I really liked chances, but unfortunately, it wasn\u2019t meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n Zverev was then asked about his back injury, which he had previously spoken about at the Laver Cup before his match with Fritz.<\/p>\n The world number three revealed that he did not take to the court for two weeks after the US Open<\/a>, but suggested that it is feeling better and was not the reason for his defeat.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I mean, after the US Open, I didn\u2019t play for two weeks,\u201d responded Zverev. \u201cI didn\u2019t do anything for two weeks. I had two injections. So far it\u2019s holding up. Yeah, I hope it continues being good.\u201d<\/p>\n What is next for Alexander Zverev after the Laver Cup?<\/p>\n Zverev has recently criticised the busy tennis calendar<\/a>, despite playing more ATP tournaments than any other player in the top 10.<\/p>\n The 28-year-old will continue his busy 2025 season, as he is now scheduled to travel to Beijing for the China Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n Zverev will be the second seed at the ATP<\/a> 500 event, just behind Jannik Sinner, who is playing his first tournament<\/a> since losing in the US Open final.<\/p>\n That is one of two tournaments that Zverev is playing in China, as he is also entered into the Masters 1000 event in Shanghai.<\/p>\n Throughout the Asian swing, Zverev will be looking to gain enough ranking points to confirm his qualification into the ATP Finals for an eighth time.<\/p>\n Zverev will begin this campaign at the China Open, where the ATP tournament gets underway on Thursday, September 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev has been questioned over his physical issues after a disappointing Laver Cup campaign. Zverev lost to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[7570,1308,67706,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-154856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alexander-zverev","9":"tag-atp","10":"tag-laver-cup","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Alexander](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236479201-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images for Laver CupAlexander Zverev provides injury update after undergoing injections in his back<\/p>\n