Alexander Zverev has turned to professional support after opening up about his mental health struggles at Wimbledon earlier this year, where he spoke about feeling low and lacking joy off the court. "It's a process.
Alexander Zverev has turned to professional support after opening up about his mental health struggles at Wimbledon earlier this year, where he spoke about feeling low and lacking joy off the court.
"It's a process. It's not over, you know, within one or two weeks," the 28-year-old said on Friday at the US Open in New York.
"I think it's something that you need to work through for multiple years... and that's what I'm doing," Zverev added.
The world number three did not respond to questions about the kind of help he was receiving.
However, he said he felt "much better," adding that he is on the right path. "I really enjoyed being back on the tennis court," Zverev said.
Following his first-round exit at Wimbledon in early July, Zverev spoke openly about feeling mentally low and struggling to find joy off the court.
He described loneliness in his life and a lack of motivation both on and off the court, suggesting he might need therapy for the first time in his life.
"I put my racket down and took a extended time off and I went on holidays with my friends where I didn't train, I didn't play tennis, I didn't do anything that I usually do," he said on Friday.
After the break, Zverev trained for several days at the academy of former great Rafael Nadal in Mallorca, though a permanent collaboration with Nadal's uncle Toni did not materialize.
Zverev will play Chile's Alejandro Tabilo, currently only ranked 126th in the world, in the opening match in New York. The tournament begins on Sunday and runs until September 7.
He reached his first of three grand slam finals, all of which he has lost, at Flushing Meadows in 2020.
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