By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, June 11, 2024
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Alexander Zverev has stepped out of Stuttgart.
The highest-seeded German formally withdrew from this week’s Boss Open on Stuttgart’s grass as a result of his physique must get better after a bodily 4 hour, 19-minute loss to Carlos Alcaraz within the Roland Garros ultimate on Sunday.
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That French Open ultimate was Zverev’s third five-set match of the event.
“I’ve performed a number of tennis in the previous couple of weeks and reached the ultimate in Paris, the place I performed 5 powerful units,” Zverev stated in an announcement. “I really feel that my physique isn’t able to go from clay to grass now.”
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