Newly-crowned Olympic men’s tennis champion Alexander Zverev said yesterday he will not play for Germany in the Davis Cup tournament this November.
After knocking out world number-one Novak Djokovic in the semifinal, Zverev, 24, beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov in straight sets to win the men’s Olympic gold medal in Tokyo earlier this month.
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However, he insists he needs a break once the ATP season ends with Germany one of the 18 teams to play in the week-long Davis Cup tournament starting on 25 November.
“I’m only human and I need a holiday. We play from January to October and I won’t play in November,” Zverev told magazine Sports Bild.
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