By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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The ATP’s Prime 30 is harder to crack at this time than within the Huge 4 period, says Alexander Zverev.
World No. 2 Zverev, who owns a number of profession wins over Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, mentioned Prime 30 depth is larger at this time than it was when he first cracked the Prime 10 in August of 2017.
“It is way more troublesome. The depth of gamers is way more,” Zverev mentioned after falling to world No. 21 Francisco Cerundolo 7-5, 6-3 in Madrid at this time. “Earlier than when, I bear in mind once I received to the highest 10 first time was 2017, it was eight years in the past.
“Sure, the highest 10 was very robust, and we had the 4 finest gamers on this planet with Novak, Rafa, Roger, Andy, Stan, you already know, del Potro and all these guys, however the stage from, I’d say, 10 to twenty after which 20 to 30 was a lot decrease than it’s now.”
Australian Open finalist Zverev mentioned whereas Djokovic, Nadal and Federer are iconic champions, the depth on the prime is harder now.
“Sure, the highest of the highest was unbelievable, however the depth now could be way more,” Zverev mentioned.
