Patrick Mouratoglou has offered a measured but candid assessment of Alexander Zverev's recent form, acknowledging genuine progress while insisting the German has not yet reached the level of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.
Zverev has enjoyed a remarkable stretch of results. He claimed his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, defeating Flavio Cobolli in a five-set final to end a nine-tournament winning run shared between Sinner and Alcaraz. He then reached the Wimbledon final, where he pushed Sinner hard before ultimately falling short. The French coach praised those achievements but stopped well short of crowning Zverev as a genuine peer to the top two.
"Zverev is on the right path, but do I think he is there? Not yet," Mouratoglou said on social media. He pointed out that even in the Wimbledon final, where Zverev produced some of his sharpest tennis, Sinner was arguably below his best and still came out on top. For Mouratoglou, that detail speaks volumes.
The crux of his argument centers on consistency. He believes Zverev must commit to aggressive, attacking tennis in every match, not just on the biggest occasions. Without that habit, the French coach warns, Zverev risks reverting to a more passive baseline game when the pressure of tournament play mounts, particularly heading into the US swing.
Mouratoglou, who has previously coached Serena Williams, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Holger Rune among others, wants to see Zverev repeat his aggressive approach until it becomes automatic rather than situational.
Zverev is set to compete at the Canadian Open starting August 2, a tournament he actually won back in 2017 by beating Roger Federer in the final. TennisDraw users will be watching his draw closely to see if he can carry his Grand Slam momentum into the hard-court season.
