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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><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\">Alexander Zverev<\/a> is \u2018on the right path\u2019 to reach the level of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, according to Patrick Mouratoglou, but the German must prove he can maintain an aggressive style across multiple tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\">Zverev<\/a> recently reached his first Wimbledon final and, despite ultimately losing to Sinner, was praised for producing some of his most aggressive tennis throughout the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Four weeks earlier, at the French Open, he also captured his first Grand Slam title by defeating Flavio Cobolli in a thrilling five-set final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In doing so, he ended a streak of nine consecutive Grand Slams won by Sinner and Alcaraz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also currently sits ahead of Alcaraz in the ATP rankings for the first time since May 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mouratoglou, the former coach of Serena Williams, Simona Halep, Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas, has backed the German as being \u2018on the right path\u2019 but remains unconvinced that he has reached the level of the currently dominant duo.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>Latest Tennis News<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/roger-federer-knew-too-good-reveals-legendary-commentator-mary-carillo\"><span>Roger Federer \u2018knew he was too good\u2019, reveals legendary commentator Mary Carillo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/tennis-expert-makes-us-open-boycott-claim-as-grand-slam-prize-money-row-intensifies\">Tennis expert makes US Open boycott claim as Grand Slam prize money row intensifies<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cZverev is on the right path, but do I think he is there? Not yet,\u201d began the Frenchman during a social media post<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI mean, it was a big milestone for him to win his first Grand Slam and be in the final of the next one, especially on clay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd grass, he definitely reached another level. Is he at the level of Alcaraz and Sinner yet? I don\u2019t think so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd even though he played some of his best tennis in the [Wimbledon] final, and Sinner was, I think, not at his best, he still didn\u2019t win it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor him to be able to play aggressively with consistency and efficiency, he has to show that he\u2019s able to do this over and over again until it becomes second nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOtherwise, he starts, for example, the US swing and he knows he\u2019s gonna beat those guys because he has margin; he starts to again control from the baseline, not be so aggressive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut if Zverev is to really make the step, he needs to practise this every single match, which he didn\u2019t do yet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Zverev is next scheduled to compete at the Canadian Open, which begins on August 2, with Sinner, Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic all absent from the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The German won the event in 2017 after defeating Roger Federer in the final, claiming one of the biggest titles of his career at just 20 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/canadian-open-withdrawal-list-8-stars-out-another-grand-slam-finalist-joins-carlos-alcaraz-emma-raducanu\">Canadian Open withdrawal list: 8 stars out as another Grand Slam finalist joins Carlos Alcaraz, Emma Raducanu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Zverev \u2018on the right path\u2019 but still behind Sinner and Alcaraz says Mouratoglou Oliver Paton 25 Jul 2026 9:19 PM Alexander Zverev with insets of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz Alexander Zverev is \u2018on the right path\u2019 to reach the level of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, according to Patrick Mouratoglou, but the German [&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-2061889","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\/2061889","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=2061889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2061889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2061889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2061889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}