A narcissist would think that way, but yeah you do need to explain this. And now being the only world no 1 in history to lose his first match in straights 😬
Alexander Zverev says he’s annoyed that he’s the only world No. 1 in history who has to explain why it’s ok for him to be world No. 1:
“I was a bit annoyed the last couple of days because achieving the world No. 1 status is something I think every player dreams of. But then, I feel like I’m the only world No. 1 in tennis history that has to explain why it’s ok for me to be world No. 1… which I find quite difficult. Because I deserve to be where I am. I don’t think anyone has to explain themselves as much as I had to do in the last couple of days.”
"The balls are so slow, the courts need to be faster with these balls. I'm having 50 ball rallies out here. The courts are fast, we just need to play on faster courts if we're gonna play with these balls. When the CPI is "medium" with these balls it is unbearably slow" - Fritz
Top 10 wins in '26
Sinner - 10
Alcaraz - 6
Djok - 6
Fils - 5
Tiafoe - 5
Cobolli - 4
ADM - 4
Nakashima - 4
Ruud - 4
Musetti - 4
Zverev - 3
Statement MADE by Musetti! 💪
@Lorenzo1Musetti puts in a stellar performance to prevail 7-6(5), 6-2
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🇨🇭 AO 6/2
🇪🇦 FO 14/1
🇨🇭 WB 8/2
🇨🇭 USO 5/4
🇨🇭 ATPF 6/0
🇨🇭 IW 5/3
🇨🇭 Mia 4/0
🇪🇦 MC 11/0
🇨🇭 Ham/Mad 6/5
🇪🇦 Rome 10/0
🇪🇦 Can 5/2
🇨🇭 Cinci 7/1
🇨🇭 Mad/Sha 3/1
🇨🇭 Paris 1/0
🇪🇦 Gold 1/0
🇪🇦 Clay h2h 14-2
🇨🇭 Hard h2h 11-9
🇨🇭 Grass h2h 3-1
🇪🇦 h2h 24-16
🇨🇭 Wks 310-209
I honestly think that people who call Federer the goat are simply blinded by bias. Because in reality, he’s not even 2nd best.
Novak Djokovic is in the lead for every major statistic other than Olympic Golds - so he is comfortably the best ever.
So for 2nd place… when we compare all the major stats, such as Slams, Masters, Big Titles, and etc… well, Nadal has more of all of these than Federer does.
The only statistics Federer leads Nadal in are time spent at No1, and ATP Finals titles. Every other major statistic, Nadal wins.
In all honesty, Federer lost his argument in the goat debate several years ago.
The only thing keeping it alive is a mix of bias and love for the great man.
Nadal is a one surface wonder who stacked his titles/numbers on that surface. He is not above Federer all time, on clay sure, overall no. GOAT debate isn't abt singular h2hs in a vacuum, and it's not abt totals, it's abt who was the best at their best, and that's Fed.
Knuxx retweeted
🇩🇪 Alex Zverev won just 1 of his 8 matches against Top 5 opponents (12.50%) in the 52 weeks before becoming ATP World No. 1 for the first time
Six of his seven defeats came against 🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner
The lowest win rate among comparable ATP No. 1s
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Rec vs Fed in his 20s
Nad 17-8 (outside of clay 5-6)
Djok 9-14
Kuerten 2-1
Squillari 1-0
Ferreira 1-0
Enqvist 1-1
Hrbaty 1-1
Kafelnikov 0 wins
Corretja 0 wins
Rafter 0 wins
Thiem 0 wins
Zverev 0 wins
Knuxx retweeted
🇩🇪 Alexander Zverev went just 4–11 (26.67%) against ATP Top 10 opponents in the 52 weeks before reaching World No. 1
By very far the lowest winning percentage among the 30 ATP No. 1s
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Rec vs (Top 10s)(Top 20s)(YE)
Philipp '03 (4-9)(8-12)(9th)
Bagh '06 (5-6)(7-9)(12th)
Gonz '07 (4-6)(9-8)(7th)
Zverev '26 (3-9)(9-12)(1st)
Top of the game. Top of the world. 🔥
Alexander Zverev is officially World No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings.
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By age 23 (season)
Fed
22 GS played
4 finals (18.2%)
4 titles (18.2%)
Nad
22 GS played
8 finals (36.4%)
6 titles (27.3%)
Djok
24 GS played
3 finals (12.5%)
1 title (4.2%)
Alcz
21 GS slams
8 finals (38.1%)
7 titles (33.3%)
Sinner
20 GS slams
2 finals (10%)
2 titles (10%)
Alcaraz has reached the final in 36 of the 95 tournaments he has played in his career - a percentage of 37.9%
At the same age (23), these were the numbers for the Big 3.
Nadal - 36.1%
Djokovic - 24.8%
Federer - 20%
Alcaraz’s rate of reaching the finals is higher than any of the Big 3 at his age.
Generational player already.
Such a mid flex 😂
Another clustered cherry-picked chart. Randomly choosing 12 guys, all of whom weren't even no 1 (which was his starting point) and randomly choosing Zverev yrs, just so he can put Zverev 15th in return seasons 🙌
As an example, the guy leading this chart in serves and the guy leading in returns were both contemporaries in the '00s, where is Zverev's counterpart in the '20s? Imagine him serving to a prime Fed, Nad, Djok or Hew in the '00s, u think his numbers would be as good?
Since 2000
AO
- 9 different champions
- 9 repeat champions
FO
- 10 different champions
- 12 repeat champions
WB
- 9 different champions
- 10 repeat champions
USO
- 16 different champions
- 4 repeat champions
The most competitive Slam is the greatest slam, USO
