CoCo Vandeweghe says Alexander Zverev lacks one key thing

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Following his defeat to Jannik Sinner in the Madrid Open final, Alexander Zverev stated that he sees himself on par with Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic.

Zverev suggested there were three groups: 1) Sinner, 2) Himself, Alcaraz, and Novak Djokovic, and 3) The rest of the field.

CoCo Vandeweghe is not sold on the idea that Zverev is at the same level as Alcaraz or Djokovic. While she understands why he might see it that way, she simply doesn’t agree.

CoCo Vandeweghe says Alexander Zverev’s remarks were ‘unfair’ and comments on his ego

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Speaking on the latest episode of ‘The Big T Podcast’, Vandeweghe weighed in on Zverev’s comments.

“I think it’s a non-starter,” she said.

“Sascha [Zverev] is not in the same conversation as Jannik [Sinner], Carlos [Alcaraz], or Novak [Djokovic], because of the one thing that he’s missing, a Grand Slam.”

“He’s not a Grand Slam-winner, has been close, for sure, has been three in the world, two in the world, for a long time, but that elusive Grand Slam, that’s what changes the difference of who becomes a Hall Of Famer.

“Do you have that Grand Slam title?

“Because there are plenty of world number ones who never won a Grand Slam, [Marcelo] Rios being one of them that comes straight to mind, who won’t be a Hall Of Famer, because he doesn’t have that Grand Slam.

Vandeweghe continued by saying: “So I think it’s not fair to the accomplishments of Novak, Carlos and Jannik that Sascha would even think that he’s in that same category.

“I think that’s a completely separate category.”