Alexander Zverev exclusive on Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer injury comebacks - ‘I don't know how they do that’

Alexander Zverev believes that Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer have a different mindset when coming back from injuries, he has exclusively told Eurosport. The German is coming back from his own injury, which he suffered in the semi-finals of last year's French Open, but he said that part of the reason that two of the greatest to ever play tennis are so good is how they return from injuries. Ad «Rafa and Roger [Federer] are different.

They come back from injury and they start winning tournaments immediately,» Zverev told Eurosport. Roland-GarrosExclusive: Zverev says he could have beaten Nadal if not for injuryA DAY AGO «I don't know how they do that. But they've been doing it for 20 years now.

I needed time but I think also my injury was maybe a little bit different. »I was not able to walk really for two months. You have to learn your movements again, you have to learn how to walk again, you have to learn how to run again," he continued.

«These are all factors that may play a little bit of a part in tennis. But you can't compare Rafa to me because Rafa comes back and starts winning and not only winning against everyone but beating them 6-0 6-1 6-2.» Zverev also spoke about how he finds clay courts. He said: «Normally, it takes me about 10 minutes to get used to the clay courts because it is a surface that I'm very natural on.

It is a surface that I really enjoy playing on. Exclusive: Murray hopes to compete at French Open if body and form allow ‘I don't want to sound arrogant’ — Zverev says he could have beaten Nadal if not for injury »This year, maybe it was a bit different. I still had to get the injury and the accident out of my head in a way to be able to really feel comfortable sliding again and really feel