{"id":217427,"date":"2025-10-22T08:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/217427\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T08:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:25:09","slug":"tennis-star-alexander-zverev-hits-out-at-boris-becker-over-criticism-three-months-after-sparking-concern-from-fans-following-wimbledon-outburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/217427\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis star Alexander Zverev hits out at Boris Becker over criticism – three months after sparking concern from fans following Wimbledon outburst"},"content":{"rendered":"

By LEWIS BROWNING, SPORTS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 18:43 EDT, 21 October 2025 | Updated: 18:44 EDT, 21 October 2025 <\/p>\n

Tennis star Alexander Zverev<\/a> has hit out at Boris Becker<\/a> on the back of criticism surrounding his game.<\/p>\n

Zverev has been in action in the Vienna Open, having made headlines when he admitted he may have needed therapy<\/a> after his early exit from Wimbledon<\/a> in the summer.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old German was due to take part in the ATP tournament in Switzerland in mid-July, but pulled out\u00a0with fans concerned for his welfare due to his words on the back of his defeat by\u00a0world No 72 Arthur Rinderknech.<\/p>\n

He said:\u00a0‘I feel very alone out there at times. I struggle mentally. I’ve been saying that since after the Australian Open<\/a>. I’m trying to find ways, trying to find ways to kind of get out of this hole. I keep kind of finding myself back in it in a way.’<\/p>\n

But he is now back in action, and beat Brit Jacob Fearnley on Centre Court to reach the last-16 in Italy on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Becker, however, has been critical of the world No 3’s play. Becker said he is ‘worried’ about his countryman, but his words didn’t go down well.<\/p>\n

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Tennis star Alexander Zverev has hit out at Boris Becker following criticism of his game<\/p>\n

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Becker said he was ‘worried’ about the future of Zverev’s game and that he hadn’t freshened up his team recently<\/p>\n

‘Nothing is happening in his box either,’ Becker said. ‘There’s his father and his brother.<\/p>\n

‘They’re the same faces for years and years. If things were going well, I’d be the first to congratulate him and say: “We have a superstar now”. But I’m a bit worried about what comes next.’<\/p>\n

Becker also called him a ‘problem child’. Zverev, though, respondedL ‘I think he’s relatively unconcerned about me, to be honest.<\/p>\n

‘I think he’s looking for a bit of attention, and he gets it through me. Unfortunately, that’s the case. But I don’t care anymore.<\/p>\n

‘Everything will work out. I’m full of confidence that I’ll find my form again and play good tennis again.’<\/p>\n

Zverev has recently struggled in Saudi Arabia, losing to Taylor Fritz in an hour at the Six Kings Slam, and also suffered another shock defeat by Rinderknech in the third-round at the Shanghai Masters.<\/p>\n

He will be hoping to go further in Vienna, however, and prove Becker wrong towards the end of what has been a tough year.<\/p>\n

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