Zverev<\/a> said on The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast, and the six-time major doubles champion did not hold back.<\/p>\n\u201cThe delusion. The delusion,\u201d said Stubbs. \u201cAnd here\u2019s the thing. If he had said this, my respect level for him would go up. If he said, \u2018Look, bottom line is, I\u2019m a really good player. I get to a lot of finals. I get to a lot of semis. I usually beat every player,\u2019 which is not the case, because who did he lose to the week before?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like, \u2018I usually win X and Y matches, but the standard between Jannik and Carlos is clearly, as you can see by the points category, head and shoulders above me. I need to improve and figure out a way to even remotely push these two guys\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat, I would be like, respect, right? But to lump himself in with Carlos Alcaraz \u2014 who has literally won every major title, all of them, all four, by the age of like 21 \u2014 is insanity.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd yet this guy, who has not even won a Grand Slam, is saying that he\u2019s in that same category. Dude, what?<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd on top of it, can I add, the final was so bad, and he looked like a petulant child. And I know, apparently, from what Jim Courier said, he didn\u2019t think he (Zverev) was 100%, whether he was injured or what was going on.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he looked like a petulant child who was in the sandbox and had thrown all his toys out and did not even think to dig his way out of anything. He tanked the last few games.\u201d<\/p>\n
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