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                   Shahida Jacobs                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"23 Jul 2026 9:17 AM\" data-ps-date=\"23 Jul 2026 9:17 AM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1784794635\"><br \/>\n                            23 Jul 2026 9:17 AM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"76\" height=\"24\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Alexander Zverev with insets of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\">Alexander Zverev<\/a>\u2019s recent Grand Slam performances have given him \u201can extra boost\u201d with Germany\u2019s Davis Cup captain Michael Kohlmann believing he has caught up with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n<p>Having finished runner-up in his first three major finals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\">Zverev<\/a> finally got the monkey off his back at the fourth time of asking as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\/french-open-full-alexander-zverev-press-conference-winning-maiden-grand-slam\">he won his maiden Grand Slam<\/a> at this year\u2019s French Open.<\/p>\n<p>High on confidence from his Roland Garros title, the German made it past the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time in his career as he reached the final before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/bizarre-decisive-wimbledon-moment-separates-jannik-sinner-alexander-zverev\">finishing runner-up to Sinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Germany\u2019s Ran.joyn.de, Kohlmann explained: \u201cWhen you achieve your big goals, it can give you an extra boost. Of course, pressure could have built up. But I had the impression that an enormous weight had been lifted from his shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could already see that in the French Open final, where he had to overcome some difficult phases. When that burden was finally gone, I expected it to have a positive effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I found his statement after the Wimbledon final so remarkable: He said that at 29, for the first time, he believed he could win this tournament. I think that really came from the heart. He realised that grass could work for him, that he had found ways to adapt his game to the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>ATP News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-breaking-another-novak-djokovic-record\">How Jannik Sinner\u2019s ATP points total in 2026 compares to the big three\u2019s best-ever totals at this stage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-hurt-him-confession\">Novak Djokovic admits Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz \u2018hurt\u2019 him with striking confession<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zverev\u2019s run at the All England Club helped him to return to No 2 in the ATP Rankings with Alcaraz, who missed the tournament due to injury, slipping down one place, while Sinner remains well clear at the top.<\/p>\n<p>Kohlmann believes Zverev are now not only matching Sinner and Alcaraz, but he\u2019s been better at times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis kind of assessment is always a bit tricky. Personally, I never thought he was far behind them,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I do believe that Sinner and Alcaraz had a slight advantage in recent years \u2013 mainly because they won the really big matches and often the head-to-head encounters as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy impression is that he\u2019s now caught up. I even think that he was slightly ahead at times during the last two months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zverev, though, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinners-ridiculous-serve-record-alexander-zverev-we-need-carlos-alclaraz\">has a 4-11 record against Sinner<\/a> and he has now lost nine matches in a row against the Italian with his last win coming at the 2023 US Open. He is much closer to Alcaraz in the head-to-head rivalry with the Spaniard 7-6 up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are nuances. In the final, I found him not only on par with me, but even a touch better, well into the second set,\u201d the German Davis Cup captain said. \u201cA bit of luck is also part of the game at this level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking at the year as a whole, however, Sinner is still No 1 because he clearly dominated the season, apart from his exit in Paris. Since Paris, though, the balance of power has shifted. Sinner himself pointed this out after the final when he said that the race for No 1 was getting closer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So can Zverev challenge for the top spot during the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/atp-rankings-points-sinner-zverev-alcaraz-djokovic-auger-aliassime-drop-american-swing\">North American hard-court swing<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see him as extremely strong on the slightly faster hard courts. I absolutely believe he can not only keep up there, but also beat Sinner and Alcaraz,\u201d Kohlmann stated confidently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, in my view, Zverev has a good chance of challenging for the No 1 spot \u2013 provided he can replicate his form from the past two months on the hard-court tour. I also think the break will do him good. It will allow him to recover and then fully concentrate on the next big events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Zverev \u2018has a good chance of challenging for the No 1 spot\u2019 Shahida Jacobs 23 Jul 2026 9:17 AM Alexander Zverev with insets of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz Alexander Zverev\u2019s recent Grand Slam performances have given him \u201can extra boost\u201d with Germany\u2019s Davis Cup captain Michael Kohlmann believing he has caught up with [&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-2057474","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\/2057474","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=2057474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2057474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2057474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2057474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}