Alexander Zverev's season possibly over as he suffers additional injury, out of Davis Cup
ATP
Alexander Zverev won't compete at the 2022 Davis Cup in Hamburg after he was forced to withdraw because of an injury.
Zverev was set to compete at the 2022 Davis Cup. He recovered from an injury and was ready to play. He wanted to get back onto the court also because Germany hosted the competition in his hometown, Hamburg.
However, during the preparations for the team event, the 25-year-old suffered an additional injury that will keep him out of play for up to a few months, so it could be the end of the season for Zverev.
He announced his withdrawal through the official Davis Cup site. Zverev admitted he wanted to play in front of his home fans, but there's nothing he can do about it, as injury won't allow him to compete.
"I am very disappointed to miss out on playing this week. It was a massive goal for me to play here because it is my hometown and I know the stadium very well – I had my first big success here back in 2014 [reaching the semi-finals of the Hamburg Open], so I am very disappointed. But there is nothing I can do about it."
Zverev detailed that he practiced with his teammate Oscar Otte, and during that practice, he to to a point where he couldn't even run. The issue keeping him away from the courts is a bone edema.
"I have a bone edema issue which causes me quite a lot of pain. I don’t know if it happened yesterday or not but yesterday in practice with Oscar [Otte] it got to the point where I couldn’t run or walk anymore."
"I subsequently found out that it was a bone edema, which means I won’t be able to participate here and it is not a question of days, it is more a question of weeks or most likely even months."
Team captain Michael Kohlmann was naturally disappointed by Zverev's withdrawal. The German will now have to play without their best player, which is not an ideal situation for Kohlmann.
"If you lose one of the best players in the world from your team then it is a big blow, absolutely. But we had this situation in the past and last year we had pretty good success with a similar team. I still believe we are good enough and strong enough to go to the next round."
