By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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The ATP’s Prime 30 is harder to crack immediately 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, stated Prime 30 depth is larger immediately than it was when he first cracked the Prime 10 in August of 2017.
“It is far more troublesome. The depth of gamers is far more,” Zverev stated after falling to world No. 21 Francisco Cerundolo 7-5, 6-3 in Madrid immediately. “Earlier than when, I keep in mind once I bought to the highest 10 first time was 2017, it was eight years in the past.
“Sure, the highest 10 was very sturdy, and we had the 4 greatest gamers on this planet with Novak, Rafa, Roger, Andy, Stan, you understand, del Potro and all these guys, however the stage from, I might say, 10 to twenty after which 20 to 30 was a lot decrease than it’s now.”
Australian Open finalist Zverev stated whereas Djokovic, Nadal and Federer are iconic champions, the depth on the high is harder now.
“Sure, the highest of the highest was unbelievable, however the depth now could be far more,” Zverev stated.
