{"id":70522,"date":"2025-07-02T15:10:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=70522"},"modified":"2025-07-02T15:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:10:55","slug":"alexander-zverev-stunned-in-wimbledon-first-round-opens-up-on-mental-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/alexander-zverev-stunned-in-wimbledon-first-round-opens-up-on-mental-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Never Felt This Empty&#8221; \u2013 Alexander Zverev Stunned in Wimbledon First Round, Opens Up on Mental Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Third seed Alexander Zverev crashed out of Wimbledon in the opening round on Tuesday, losing to France&rsquo;s Arthur Rinderknech in a dramatic five-setter that stretched across two days. The 7-6(3), 6-7(8), 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4 loss marked Zverev&rsquo;s earliest Grand Slam exit since 2019. However, in the post-match press conference, the 28-year-old revealed, <em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never felt this empty before. Just lacking joy, just lacking joy in everything that I do.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zverev&rsquo;s Struggles Run Deeper Than Grass<\/h2><p>Zverev, who reached the Australian Open final nearly six months ago, has gone 6-6 since, including a runner-up finish in Stuttgart and a semifinal showing in Halle. Yet behind the stats lies a player clearly searching for answers. <em>&ldquo;Maybe for the first time in my life I&rsquo;ll probably need [a mental coach],&rdquo;<\/em> he said. <em>&ldquo;Just lacking joy outside of tennis as well.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tough moments for Alexander Zverev after his first-round Wimbledon exit &#128533; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NSDni5hzUG\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/NSDni5hzUG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TNT Sports (@tntsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntsports\/status\/1940160524261761177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>It was a moment of raw honesty, rare from a player long seen as mentally tough. And it may mark a turning point. While Zverev remains a contender for the ATP Finals, his future form may depend more on inner clarity than any technical adjustment.<\/p><p>He added, <em>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s funny, I feel very alone out there at times. I struggle mentally. I don&rsquo;t know. It&rsquo;s difficult to find joy outside the tennis court for me at the moment. It&rsquo;s something I&rsquo;ve felt for the past few months. Again, I just feel generally very, very alone and very lonely. I don&rsquo;t know. Just never felt that way before.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alexander Zverev is OUT of Wimbledon at the first round stage &#10060; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qNtOUrBgcV\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/qNtOUrBgcV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sky Sports Tennis (@SkySportsTennis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsTennis\/status\/1940110879590089188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Mental and Emotional Unraveling, Not Just a Tennis Loss<\/h2><p>Zverev struggled to convert chances, going 0-for-9 on break points and dropping serve from 40&ndash;0 at 1-1 in the fifth set, a notable moment that helped Rinderknech secure the biggest win of his career.<em> &ldquo;I think generally Arthur played a fantastic match,&rdquo; <\/em>Zverev acknowledged. <em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure he&rsquo;s ever played a match like that in his life.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>While many pointed to Monday night&rsquo;s curfew interruption or Rinderknech&rsquo;s booming serve, Zverev&rsquo;s own assessment quickly shifted inward. <em>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think tennis is the problem right now for me,&rdquo;<\/em> he admitted. <em>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s something else I have to find within me.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More from Alexander Zverev on his current mental state following his first round exit from Wimbledon&hellip;<br><br>There are bigger things than tennis&#127934; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wimbledon2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#Wimbledon2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FuZOsecj5t\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/FuZOsecj5t<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DW Sports (@dw_sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dw_sports\/status\/1940330319489712523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 2, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Though he remains third in the ATP Live Race to Turin and recently won in Munich while reaching the quarters in Rome and Roland Garros, Zverev revealed he&rsquo;s been feeling a deeper disconnect: <em>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not an excuse. I think Arthur deserved to win today. But I feel very alone out there at times. I struggle mentally. I don&rsquo;t know&hellip; just never felt that way before.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p><em>Mandatory Image Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Zverev opens up after a stunning first-round Wimbledon loss to Arthur Rinderknech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":70524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[4915,8208],"class_list":["post-70522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-wimbledon-2025"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Never Felt This Empty&quot; &ndash; Alexander Zverev Stunned in Wimbledon First Round, Opens Up on Mental Struggles - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alexander Zverev and Arthur Rinderknech battled at Wimbledon 2025, but it was Zverev&rsquo;s emotional reflection afterward that made headlines.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/alexander-zverev-stunned-in-wimbledon-first-round-opens-up-on-mental-struggles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Never Felt This Empty&quot; 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