Zverev felt a new crossing against Fran Cerú: “I’m still trying to find out how to win”

Two laborious meetings had to overcome the German Alexander Zverev (3rd) to confirm his candidacy in the Toronto Masters 1000where this Saturday will look for the pass to the round of 16 when facing one of the main executioners like the Argentine Francisco closing it (24 °).

Thanks to the meritorious successes in front of the Australian Adam Walton (88 °) and the Italian Matteo Arnaldi (41 °), the owner of 24 titles became the fifth player in activity to reach 500 wins At the highest level, joining a select group made up of Serbian Novak Djokovic (1,150), Croatian Marin Cilic (593), Frenchman Gael Monfils (583) and Swiss Stan Wawrinka (580), to leave behind the early elimination of Wimbledon and his worrying statements.

“It is a great achievement in my professional career, Not many players can say that they have reached this figure of victories. It is impressive to have achieved it, I hope you can get 500 more. I hope many more to come. In the end, when one becomes a professional, what he dreams of is playing in the circuit and being successful among the best, winning as many games possible, “said the born in Hamburg, 28 years old and champion in 2017, about his new brand at a press conference.

However, the three -time finalist in Grand Slam tournaments did not let himself be dazzled and recognized some colleagues of his generation, who could emulate him in the next seasons: “The fact that he already has 500 victories is something that It fills me with a lot of joy and satisfactionI am tremendously happy for it. But you have to be honest and recognize that many players who are also very close, such as Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas or Andrey Rublev “come from behind.

Already by virtue of his next commitment, the gold medalist at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games recalled the previous crosses in front of the eldest of the brothers, who dominates 3-0 in the history with each other: “I do not know if it will be different, I hope that yes. The surface will already be different, since here we are on the hard track tour. The reality is that he has surpassed me three times, I’m still trying to find out how to win a game. “

“I will have to enter the court very confident, reminding me that if I am the number 3 of the world it is for some reason. I will need my best version, that sure, so it is important to face this challenge from trust, thinking that I will be able to do my best, ”closed the pupil of Gilles Cervara, who already gave versus the South American twice in the 1000 Masters in Madrid, in 2024 and 2025, and one in Buenos Aires, in 2025.

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