Alexander Zverev reveals personal problems reason for shock Wimbledon exit
ALEXANDER ZVEREV says the last two days have been "very rough" and he puts his early Wimbledon exit down to personal issues.
Wimbledon: Zverev admits to low confidence after Vesely loss
Zverev, a leading star of the new generation, continued his poor form at Grand Slams with a first-round defeat to Jiri Vesely.
The German took the first set but then fell to a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 defeat to crash out of the tournament.
The 22-year-old has lifted the lid on off-court problems which have arisen over the past 48 hours.
"It's just what happens with me. Physically I'm fine. I can play 10 sets, no problem. I don't really get tired," Zverev said. "Yeah, mental, I mean, I get down on myself a lot.
"But, yeah, I don't think it's neither of those because mentally I showed I'm quite strong in the last few years.
"It's different things I think right now.
"Life is also one thing. Everything that happens outside the court affects you. In the last two days, I would say are very rough for me personally.
"I'm not going to get into details, but I'm just saying. I have to fix that to play well on the court."
Zverev's confidence is hurting after a string of poor result over recent months.
The world No 5 admitted he does not have the same belief as he once did.
"It was kind of a typical Grand Slam match for me," he added.
"I started off well, then one or two things don't go my way, and everything kind of a little bit falls apart.
"Yeah, I'm not very high on confidence right now. When I get to the important moments, I had, what, five, six breakpoints in the fourth set alone, can't take any of those.
"I had a Love-40, a 15-40. I'm down one breakpoint myself and he takes it immediately, where I miss an easy volley.
"So, yeah. I didn't lose this match on tennis. It's just, yeah, my confidence is below zero right now."