Boris Becker: Alexander Zverev has to win the Grand Slam title he longs for

Boris Becker: Alexander Zverev has to win the Grand Slam title he longs for

Boris Becker feels Alexander Zverev has to win the Grand Slam title he longs for in the next 18 months, saying there is only "one per cent is missing" from his game.

The 27-year-old Zverev has reached two grand Slam finals in his career, going down to Dominic Thiem at the 2020 US Open and yhen losing to Carlos Alcaraz in last year's French Open final.

Becker says Zverev, who is coached by his father Alexander Zverev Senior, is now at an age where he will find it "much more difficult" to win the elusive Slam if it doesn't happen in the near future.

Speaking on his newly launched podcast, Becker said: "He is now at an age where he has to do it. For me, Sascha has to win the Grand Slam title he longs for in the next 18 months, because otherwise, it will be much more difficult than it is now.

"The father is already very dominant. And the mother is dominant. It's a family business. They did everything 99 per cent right. But that one per cent is missing."

Zverev was tipped to become a multiple Grand Slam winner and world No 1 since he made his breakthrough as a teenager but only has a couple of ATP Finals trophies to his name.

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