Boris Becker: "Zverev fails to Zverev and not the opponent"

Boris Becker has evidenced himself about the German Tennis Star Alexander Zverev and explains what those still destroyed from the very big litter on the ATP tour.

In the EUROSPORT -PODCAST "The yellow of the ball" Becker said: "Zverev fails to Zverev and not at the opponent."

Zverev reacted left on Beckers criticism. "Boris and I have known us for a long time. There is a thing that the other thinks. Boris' opinion I know yes. That's not new. It's all about getting gold for Germany and I'll prepare myself" , he said the _ picture_.

Becker, the ZVEREV's recent eighth-finished final in Wimbledon against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliasime as an expert of BBC, continued to say that he's Zverev true to win Grand Slams. "But he has to turn off the same mistakes, and that's the annoying that this is repeated by Grand Slam to Grand Slam," Becker said.

Specifically, it's about it: "In critical phases he remains too passive, he stands behind the baseline and hopes that the opponent makes a mistake." Due to Zverev's great potential, this rich against the weaker opponents, but not against the top players of the tour, which did not make the desired mistakes.

ZVEREV, which in the previous year reached the final of the US Open, but there was the Austrian Dominic Thiem, this day is preparing for the Tennis Tournament of the Olympic Games (24th July to 1 August) in Tokyo. Afterwards, the gaze gradually goes to the US tour with the crowning degree US Open in Flushing Meadows from 30th August to 12th September.

Boris Becker does not expect Olympic Start of Djokovic

In addition, Becker also said about his former protégé Novak Djokovic, which he did not expect the Olympics games. "Olympia in summer does not really fit in. I think only when he lands in Tokyo, that he plays Olympia," said the 53-year-old.

Djokovic also won Wimbledon after the Australian Open and the French Open and thus the rare chance of the Grand Slam, the victory with all four major tournaments in the same year. In the era of Profitenis, this masterpiece was only Australia's legend Rod Laver 1969 - Djokovic is missing only the title at the US Open to the perfect season.

"Everything else can and can not interest him, that's a unique opportunity," Becker said. Djokovic could even create the Golden Slam including Olympia gold, which so far succeeded in Steffi Graf in 1988. But the load before the US Open from the end of August would be much higher.

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Djokovic had finished his start in Tokyo last in doubt. It is "a 50: 50 decision," said the 34-year-old Serb, which closed in Wimbledon with his 20 Grand Slam Triumph to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Federer and Nadal will be missing like further top players during the summer games.