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Press celebrates "Alexander the Great"


After his triumph over Novak Djokovic at the ATP finals in London, the tennis world bows to Alexander Zverev. The international press was also enthusiastic about the German's appearance. The press comments:

Great Britain:

"Telegraph": "With its stilt legs and fast-twitch muscles, the 1.98-size Zverev jumped along the baseline like a giant wader, causing this dark blue rectangle to look no bigger than a paddling pool Djokovic made it almost impossible to push the ball past him and only score seven goals in the match. "

"The Independent": "Zverev defeated Djokovic with his own weapons by wearing down his adversary with the unyielding perseverance of his ball-punch, the German delivered superbly, showed the will to attack the net and hit his balls with conviction and precision."

BBC: "Zverev has long been hailed as the young player most likely to take the scepter in men's tennis, with the likes of Djokovic, Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray retiring, with his hefty serve, crashing beats and improved game on the net shows the 1.98-meter-tall German all facets to rise to the very top.

Austria:

"Kronen Zeitung": "In Becker's footsteps, cheering our neighbors!"

"Kurier": "German victory at the graduation party"

France:

"L'Équipe": "Alexander the Great: Alexander Zverev has caused a sensation by easily mastering the world's number one Novak Djokovic (6: 4, 6: 3) in the Masters finals, the 21-year-old German has it all to rise very high and very fast. "

UNITED STATES:

CNN: "It was undoubtedly Novak Djokovic's year in men's tennis, but Alexander Zverev did not mind that on Sunday when he shocked Djokovic 6-4, 6-3 in London to be the youngest winner of the year-end championship since 2008 Serb to become."

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