Alexander Zverev has spoken about his lengthy lay-off from injury, saying that he missed his rivals while he was away from the tour, and that he is excited about returning to the court and to competitive action.
The current World No. 12 missed the entire second half of the season after suffering an horrific ankle injury against Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals of Roland Garros this June.
The talented German had been in great form and was looked well-placed to challenge for his first Grand Slam title when the injury occurred. He has since fallen significantly in the rankings, moving outside of the top 5 and then the top 10 before the close of the season.
However, after a long and gruelling period of rehabilitation and recovery, Alexander Zverev is poised to make his competitive return to the tennis court.
He will compete in an exhibition event in Saudi Arabia in just over a week's time.
Speaking to press ahead of the event, Zverev said, "I’m just looking forward to being back on court and being back on a competitive court because it’s been a very long time for me. The best players in the world are there so it’s gonna be a high level tournament and I think everybody’s in form because they’re still either coming from Davis Cup or they just came from the ATP Finals so everybody will still be playing great tennis and I hope I can keep up with them".
The event is stacked with talent, including the likes of Stan Wawrinka, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem.
Of his rival, Zverev said, "I’ve also missed those guys to be honest even though we’re competitors but I have great friends there as well. You know, I missed seeing those guys on tour. I feel like me and Dominic (Thiem), we haven’t seen each other for almost two years now because he was injured in 2021 And I was injured in 2022. So we missed each other in a way. Yeah, so I’m just looking forward to being back on tour and I’m just looking forward to getting matches".
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