Alexander Zverev, a brand new gold medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, will not defend the colors of Germany in the upcoming Davis Cup finals, which begin next November 25.
Speaking to Sports Bild, Zverev himself argued these reasons for giving up the main country tournament in the world of tennis. “I am a human being and I need a vacation. We already play from January to October and I will not play in November.”
The German also dropped the possibility that he will play the Davis Cup again … as long as he returns to his old format, when the playoffs were played on various weekends during the season. “As soon as the old format is recovered, with home advantage and games at the weekend, I will join Davis,” he said.
Zverev, who is not playing this week in Canada and could return at the Cincinnati Masters 1,000 before the US Open, where he was a finalist last year, He has also resigned from playing the 2019 Davis Cup finals in Madrid and has criticized Gerard Piqué, CEO of Kosmos, on numerous occasions for the new format that has been given to the tournament.