Tennis: Zverev trains in Hamburg from the oldest player in the entire world

Prior to the start off of the Davis Cup in Rothenbaum, the Olympic tennis champion finished an abnormal session.

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Hamburg. This schooling companion was for Alexander Zverev a pretty particular a single. A several days ahead of the commence of the Davis Cup intermediate round in Hamburg the Olympic winner and son of Russian dad and mom was on the pitch in his hometown with Leonid Stanislavskyi. As the German Tennis Affiliation wrote on Instagram, Stanislavskyi is 98 many years previous and, according to the Guinness Ebook of Records, is the oldest energetic tennis participant in the entire world – and he’s Ukrainian.

Stanislavskyi a short while ago competed at the Super Seniors Entire world Championships in Palm Beach front (Usa). Stanislavskyi has also measured himself in opposition to Rafael Nadal and dreams of assembly Roger Federer.

War towards Ukraine: Zverev welcomed the exclusion of Russia and Belarus

In link with the Russian war of aggression in opposition to Ukraine, Zverev had supported the choice of the world tennis affiliation ITF to exclude Russia and Belarus from team competitions such as the Davis Cup. On the other hand, he criticized the fact that the specialists of these two international locations could not take part in the Wimbledon Grand Slam match. They were being admitted to the US Open up in New York.

Zverev was nonetheless missing just after suffering a really serious foot injuries at the French Open up in Paris a few and a half months back. The 25-calendar year-old is generating his return to the Davis Cup.

In the matches against France, Belgium and Australia, starting from Wednesday, the German workforce will test to qualify for the remaining in Málaga at the end of November. The 1st and next categorized of the four groups journey there.