{"id":3198,"date":"2026-06-08T12:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:37:37","slug":"pressure-is-off-zverev-but-sinner-will-become-an-even-stronger-player-italian-tennis-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198","title":{"rendered":"Pressure is off Zverev but Sinner will ‘become an even stronger player’ Italian tennis chief says"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n
Alexander Zverev of Germany holds the trophy as he celebrates with his mother Irina Zvereva after the men\u2019s final match against Flavio Cobolli of Italy at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

PARIS \u2014 The pressure is finally off Alexander Zverev<\/a> , who played more matches at majors than anyone in the professional era \u2014 125 to be exact \u2014 before he won a Grand Slam title.<\/p>

Read more Iran\u2019s World Cup players wear pins for victims of deadly strike on school as they arrive in Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

After raising the French Open trophy,<\/a> he no longer has to deal with being called \u201cthe best player never to win a major title.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Zverev feels, more Grand Slam titles are a possibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt happened for me very early at the Masters Series because I won one when I was 20 years old, and I\u2019ve won a lot of Masters after that,\u201d said Zverev, who has won seven Masters 1000s \u2014 the tournaments just below the Grand Slams in terms of importance. \u201cSo I had that release at a Masters-level event very quickly, and at a Grand Slam it took longer.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, no matter what happens, I will always be a Grand Slam champion, and nobody can take that away from me,\u201d Zverev added. \u201cMaybe that does give me some freedom. Maybe my mind will just be a little bit calmer when I play a final, meaning that even if I lose it, I will still be a Grand Slam champion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zverev won\u2019t have to wait long to find out how he plays in a major as a Grand Slam champion: Wimbledon starts in exactly three weeks.<\/p>\n

It was at Wimbledon where Zverev made his Grand Slam debut as an 18-year-old back in 2015. In all, Zverev has played 125 matches across tennis\u2019 four majors: the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. He lost three Grand Slam finals before finally beating Flavio Cobolli in the Roland Garros championship match on Sunday.<\/p>\n

According to statistics provider Opta, the next players in the professional era (since 1968) on the list of most Grand Slam matches before winning a title are: Goran Ivanisevic with 105 before he won Wimbledon in 2001 and Andy Murray with 100 before he won the U.S. Open in 2012.<\/p>\n

Ivanisevic never won another Grand Slam title, while Murray ended up with three.<\/p>\n

At 29, Zverev potentially has many prime playing years remaining in his career.<\/p>\n

But the main stumbling block for Zverev lately has been two guys named Jannik Sinner<\/a> and Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Zverev has lost nine straight matches to the top-ranked Sinner and four of his last five against No. 2 Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

Zverev took full advantage in Paris after Alcaraz had to skip the tournament due to an injured right wrist and Sinner was stunningly defeated due to physical issues amid a heat wave in the second round.<\/p>\n

Sinner and Alcaraz had accounted for nine straight Grand Slam titles until Zverev\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n

While Alcaraz will also miss Wimbledon, Sinner will be defending his title at the All England Club.<\/p>

Read more FIFA and Infantino draw bipartisan skepticism ahead of the World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n

Sinner came to Paris on a 29-match winning streak and was an overwhelming favorite for the title. But the Italian said he started feeling dizzy and \u201cvery low on energy\u201d<\/a> when he needed to win just one more game against 56th-ranked Juan Manuel Cerundolo. He ended up losing in five sets in one of the more memorable meltdowns in tennis history<\/a> .<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was winning too much; playing too much,\u201d Angelo Binaghi, the president of the Italian tennis federation, told The Associated Press. \u201cIt was just fatigue.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe still has margins for improvement. You can still learn things like increasing your stamina or improving your serve, as he\u2019s done over the last two years. You can do that until you hit 30. So he\u2019s going to become an even stronger player,\u201d Binaghi added of Sinner, who is 24. \u201cThat\u2019s the positive aspect: He can still improve and become an Iron Man like (Rafael) Nadal and (Novak) Djokovic.\u201d<\/p>\n

After wasting three points in last year\u2019s French Open final against Alcaraz, Sinner came back and beat his Spanish rival a month later in the Wimbledon final.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Wimbledon he\u2019s the strongest of anyone,\u201d Binaghi said of Sinner. \u201cHe ought to win \u2014 we wouldn\u2019t expect anything else. But if for some reason he doesn\u2019t win, we have other players, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Italy does have depth in men\u2019s tennis<\/a> right now with players like Cobolli, who just played his first Grand Slam final and made his debut in the top 10 of the rankings Monday at No. 10; Matteo Berrettini, a former Wimbledon finalist who made the quarterfinals in Paris and is considered one of the sport\u2019s top grass-court players; and Lorenzo Musetti, a former Wimbledon semifinalist; among others.<\/p>\n

French Open women\u2019s champion Mirra Andreeva<\/a> concluded her victory speech during the trophy presentation by thanking herself \u2014 which has become a personal trademark for the 19-year-old Russian player.<\/p>\n

So much so that she wore a black jacket during the ceremony featuring a patch that said, \u201cI want to thank myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andreev explained later: \u201cIt\u2019s one of my trademarks now to say that during my speech. In the beginning, I just said it to joke around and so everyone would laugh at how funny I am and at my humor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen after I kind of realized, \u2018Why not to thank yourself?\u2019 Because you are the one that works, you are the one that is doing the job, you\u2019re the one that (is) feeling all the nerves. \u2026 It\u2019s actually very important to thank yourself.\u201d<\/p>

Read more Trump heads to NBA Finals as many fans prepare to boo<\/a><\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The pressure is finally off Alexander Zverev<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"\nPressure is off Zverev but Sinner will 'become an even stronger player' Italian tennis chief says - Moving Insider USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pressure is off Zverev but Sinner will 'become an even stronger player' Italian tennis chief says - Moving Insider USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The pressure is finally off Alexander Zverev\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Moving Insider USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-08T12:37:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/712a33a0ba45f60fe7d4aef1dc983244-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1706\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03\"},\"headline\":\"Pressure is off Zverev but Sinner will ‘become an even stronger player’ Italian tennis chief says\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-08T12:37:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198\"},\"wordCount\":985,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/132c6f0df99037fbaaa66df7a42f62f9-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198\",\"name\":\"Pressure is off Zverev but Sinner will 'become an even stronger player' Italian tennis chief says - Moving Insider USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/132c6f0df99037fbaaa66df7a42f62f9-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-08T12:37:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/132c6f0df99037fbaaa66df7a42f62f9-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/132c6f0df99037fbaaa66df7a42f62f9-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1706},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=3198#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pressure is off Zverev but Sinner will ‘become an even stronger player’ Italian tennis chief says\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Moving Insider USA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pressure is off Zverev but Sinner will 'become an even stronger player' Italian tennis chief says - Moving Insider USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pressure is off Zverev but Sinner will 'become an even stronger player' Italian tennis chief says - Moving Insider USA","og_description":"The pressure is finally off Alexander Zverev","og_url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198","og_site_name":"Moving Insider USA","article_published_time":"2026-06-08T12:37:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1706,"url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/712a33a0ba45f60fe7d4aef1dc983244-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03"},"headline":"Pressure is off Zverev but Sinner will ‘become an even stronger player’ Italian tennis chief says","datePublished":"2026-06-08T12:37:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198"},"wordCount":985,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/132c6f0df99037fbaaa66df7a42f62f9-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Interesting"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198","url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198","name":"Pressure is off Zverev but Sinner will 'become an even stronger player' Italian tennis chief says - Moving Insider USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/132c6f0df99037fbaaa66df7a42f62f9-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-08T12:37:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/132c6f0df99037fbaaa66df7a42f62f9-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/132c6f0df99037fbaaa66df7a42f62f9-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1706},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3198#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pressure is off Zverev but Sinner will ‘become an even stronger player’ Italian tennis chief says"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/","name":"Moving Insider USA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com"],"url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}