Alexander Zverev has claimed there has been a significant change to the court speed at the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n
The world No 3 started his campaign in Mason, Ohio with a 6-3, 6-3 win against 109th-ranked American wildcard Nishesh Basavareddy.<\/p>\n
Zverev<\/a> had to contend with a short turnaround to appear in Cincinnati after he reached the last four at the Canadian Open in Toronto. The Canadian Open concluded on the same day the Cincinnati Open started.<\/p>\n The 28-year-old German is seeking his second title at the Masters tournament in Cincinnati after his 2021 triumph, while he was a semi-finalist in both 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n The hard courts of the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati have long been measured as some of the fastest courts on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n Zverev, however, has declared that the surface used in Cincinnati is now a lot slower than it used to be.<\/p>\n \u201cCincinnati was a very fast tournament in the past, but it\u2019s become extremely slow now,\u201d he said in a press conference at this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n Alexander Zverev reveals how fatherhood has changed him as he uses Roger Federer as example for attitude change<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Alexander Zverev urges ATP to \u2018find a solution\u2019 as he joins criticism of packed tennis schedule<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not sure what the reason behind this choice is, especially since in New York the courts will be very fast again.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not a huge fan of this surface. I just hope to play good tennis and get as far as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n After his win over Basavareddy, Zverev said: \u201cI requested [a night match], coming from Toronto, where it\u2019s a lot colder, I need some days getting used to the heat and conditions. I\u2019m happy with the win and happy with how I played.\u201d<\/p>\n During the 2024 Cincinnati Masters, Zverev made an interesting claim when asked if he feels more comfortable on faster courts.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I mean I\u2019m playing [with] an old school racket still, I\u2019m playing [with] quite a heavy tennis racket still,\u201d he told Tennis Channel.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, some of the young guys don\u2019t do that anymore so they swing a lot faster than me. But when the ball comes with pace, I think a heavier racket helps you, so that\u2019s maybe part of the reason. Some obviously racket things there.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean look, I\u2019m still from the generation from ten years ago, or from five, six years ago, when we had some very fast hard courts, especially when Roger was still around.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd obviously, tournaments liked him to go deep, so they were making some very, very fast courts.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019m used to it a little bit maybe more than some of the younger generation, but I mean, still some adjustments to be made.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: How Novak Djokovic fared at the US Open the previous times he missed Cincinnati<\/a> The post Alexander Zverev reveals he is \u2018not a huge fan\u2019 of one key Cincinnati Open change<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alexander Zverev has claimed there has been a significant change to the court speed at the Cincinnati Open. The world No 3 started his campaign in Mason, Ohio with a 6-3, 6-3 win against 109th-ranked American wildcard Nishesh Basavareddy. Zverev had to contend with a short turnaround to appear in Cincinnati after he reached the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Alexander Zverev News<\/h2>\n
Zverev also made a big statement about court speed in Cincinnati last year<\/h2>\n
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