Alexander Zverev said he hopes winning his first Grand Slam crown at the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/alexander-zverev-clinches-maiden-grand-slam-title-at-french-open-2026-23634222" rel="nofollow">French Open</a> will unblock the path to more major titles after years of near-misses and heartbreak on the biggest stage.
Zverev broke his major drought at the fourth time of asking by beating Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1 in the Roland Garros final on Sunday.
After painful past defeats in the title-matches at the 2020 US Open, Roland Garros in 2024 and last year&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/australian-open-novak-djokovic-begins-campaign-with-stunning-victory-against-pedro-martinez-23612780" rel="nofollow">Australian Open</a>, Zverev was considered by many to be the best player never to have won a Grand Slam.
The 29-year-old joked it was &ldquo;fine&rdquo; if people now consider him &ldquo;the worst player to win a Grand Slam&rdquo; but that he &ldquo;could not care less.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Now no matter what happens, I will always be a Grand Slam champion, and nobody can take that away from me. To be honest, I&rsquo;m a little bit drunk already, so I just repeat myself a little bit more than I&rsquo;m used to. I&rsquo;m just happy to be sitting next to this trophy,&rdquo; Zverev added.
The Tokyo Olympics gold medallist said having the Coupe des Mousquetaires in his possession would make his future attempts at winning more of tennis&rsquo; biggest titles less burdensome, mentally.
&ldquo;For sure this trophy helps the belief a lot,&rdquo; he said.
&ldquo;That does give me some freedom. It does give me some &mdash; maybe my mind will just be a little bit calmer when I play a final, meaning that even if I lose it, I will still be a Grand Slam champion.
&ldquo;I think this trophy for me is very important, because if I would have lost this one, the self-belief would have gone down a lot. But now that I&rsquo;ve won it, I feel like I can do it again,&rdquo; he added.
1 Alexander Zverev is the first German to win the French Open in the Open Era
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The 29-year-old joked it was “fine” if people now consider him “the worst player to win a Grand Slam” but that he “could not care less”

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