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<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Alexander Zverev has been handed a glorious chance to end his long wait for a Grand Slam title at this year\u2019s French Open and now the pressure has been piled on the German by tennis great John McEnroe.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s wrist injury ended his hopes of defending his title at Roland Garros long before the first ball was struck in this year\u2019s tournament in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>When Jannik Sinner then crashed out in the second round and he was affected by heat in his defeat against Juan Manuel Cerundolo, the door swung wide open for Zverev to finally clinch the major title that has eluded him throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>The German has insisted he is not listening to any comments from ex-players and he has cut himself off social media platforms in a big to dilute the pressure that is already building him around now.<\/p>\n<p>Now McEnroe has told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\">Zverev<\/a> that if he fails to beat Italy\u2019s Fabio Cobolli in Sunday\u2019s Roland Garros final, he may never break his Grand Slam duck.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/former-grand-slam-finalist-makes-intriguing-french-open-final-prediction\">Former Grand Slam finalist makes intriguing French Open final prediction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/ex-world-no-1-loved-alexander-zverev-reaction-french-open-final\">Ex-world No 1 shares what he \u2018loved\u2019 about Alexander Zverev reaction ahead of French Open final<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say, this is the by far the biggest and greatest opportunity that he\u2019s had,\u201d said McEnroe, who has been working for TNT Sports and HBO Max at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no question about it. He\u2019s playing better than a bunch of players even before this. So this is obviously a huge match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t absolutely say he\u2019s not going to win one if he doesn\u2019t win tomorrow, but I would be like, if he\u2019s not able to capitalise here people would add even more pressure and it would be even more difficult pressure wise. Like, \u2018he couldn\u2019t win here, and he didn\u2019t win at the Open blah, blah, blah. So, he\u2019s put himself in this position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s always been very consistent, very fit. It feels like his time has come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boris Becker has also urged his fellow German to seize the moment as he said: \u00a0\u201cGermany is watching. We\u2019re crossing our fingers. The guy is good enough. He deserves it. He\u2019s been knocking at the door now for 10-11 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s his fourth major final, but that\u2019s the same problem, because he\u2019s failed every time he\u2019s been here. Cobolli is not going to give it to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s very talented, he\u2019s very charming, he\u2019s a good athlete but Germany is rooting for one guy, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Zverve\u2019s near misses in his previous Grand Slam finals will certainly add to the pressure for the No 2 seed as he looks to finally get over the finishing line in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Overcoming his self doubt may be as big a challenge as beating Cobolli as Zverev looks to fend off the pressure he must be feeling heading into a match that could allow him to realise his ultimate dream.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\/alexander-zverev-shares-immediate-reaction-to-matteo-arnaldis-roland-garros-withdrawal\">Alexander Zverev gives his opinion on Matteo Arnaldi withdrawing from the Roland Garros semi-finals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John McEnroe fires a big warning to Alexandrer Zverev as he targets Grand Slam glory Kevin Palmer 07 Jun 2026 11:00 AM Alexander Zverev with John McEnroe inset Alexander Zverev has been handed a glorious chance to end his long wait for a Grand Slam title at this year\u2019s French Open and now the pressure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1977102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1977102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1977102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1977102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1977102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}