A player with Alexander Zverev's ambitions certainly cannot be satisfied with his results this season, although the premises were ideal with the final reached at the Australian Open at the beginning of the year. After suffering a harsh lesson from former world No.1 Jannik Sinner on the iconic Rod Laver Arena, Sascha's certainties suddenly crumbled and the German ace unleashed a series of performances far below expectations in the following months.
The champion from Hamburg has returned to show those weaknesses that he seemed to have solved in the second half of last season and it is no coincidence that he lifted only one trophy in 2025, on the red clay of Munich, too little for a player of his caliber.
The current world number 3 has not found the right confidence even in the last part of this year, with the final at the Vienna ATP 500 as the only high point of a 2025 that has taken on the trappings of a failure from several points of view.
Zverev seems lost
The feeling is that Alexander has realized that he is very far from the top two players in the world Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner and it will not be easy at all to bridge that gap in the coming years. If he continues like this, he really risks going down in history as the strongest player ever to have never won a Grand Slam title. Zverev's last goal before the end of the season is the Davis Cup Finals, which will take place in Bologna from 18 to 23 November.
Speaking on 'Sky Sports', former British ace Tim Henman analysed Sascha's performance this season in detail: It amazes me to think of 12 months ago when I was watching Zverev. I was the one that sort of said, I think he can win a Grand Slam and then he got to the final of the Australian Open, 10 months ago, and I was sort of pretty chirpy about it.
And now I see a performance like that (against Felix Auger-Aliassime at the Nitto ATP Finals), and I just feel hes lost. I dont feel like theres a plan out there.
