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\n Zverev \u2018happy\u2019 to face Sinner and Alcaraz for perfect Slam win<\/p>\n
German third seed plays Tabilo in US Open first round<\/p>\n
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Alexander Zverev reached the final at the US Open in 2020.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Winning a Grand Slam title is one thing, doing it by taking out your biggest rivals en route is another. <\/p>\n
Given recent history, Alexander Zverev is well aware that defeating both Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz may be necessary if he is to lift his maiden major trophy. The No. 1 and No. 2 in the PIF ATP Rankings, respectively, Sinner and Alcaraz have between them won the past seven Grand Slam crowns. Yet for No. 3 Zverev, their presence in the draw at the US Open marks an opportunity for him to achieve something truly special. <\/p>\n
\u201cI would be more than happy to play Jannik in the semis and Carlos in the finals here. I would be very, very happy to do that,\u201d said Zverev in his pre-tournament press conference in New York. \u201cIf I achieve my dream, if I achieve the goal that I set for myself in lifting the trophy above my head, then I know that I really deserve it, because I went through the most difficult path that there can be at the moment. So that’s totally fine. <\/p>\n
\u201cI want to win a Grand Slam and I want to win the biggest tournaments in the world by beating the best players in the world. Of course, if all of a sudden they lose first round and second round and I’m playing, I don’t know, the world No. 50 in the final, I will sign that paper right now, don’t get me wrong. But still, if you beat the best players in the world to win a Grand Slam, you deserve it. That’s my mindset, and that’s how I think about things.\u201d <\/p>\n
A three-time major finalist, including at the US Open in 2020, Zverev arrives in New York with a 43-16 record for the year, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index. While he has had something of an up-and-down year by his usual consistent standards, he believes he has picked up a mid-year boost from a July training stint with Toni Nadal in Mallorca, where Rafael Nadal also dropped by to offer advice to his former on-court rival. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think there are certain parts of my game that still are worse than from other players,\u201d reflected Zverev. \u201cI’m not going to mention them now, but I think there are certain parts of my game that Carlos and Jannik are doing better than me. They are showing parts of my game that I’m doing better than them, also. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s about also finding ways to beat the best players in the world, right? It’s about finding the right patterns, the right training to do that. That’s why I went to see Uncle Toni and Rafa, because I wanted to see and then hear a new vision of what tennis in their mind looks like and how my tennis in their mind looks like.\u201d <\/p>\n
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