Zverev cancels tournament in Beijing

Tennis professional Alexander Zverev is treating himself and his body to a longer break after winning the Laver Cup and is skipping the tournament in Beijing.

The ATP announced this on its homepage without giving any reasons for the cancellation. At the 500cc event in the Chinese capital, the 27-year-old would have been seeded second behind the Italian Jannik Sinner.

At the Laver Cup in Berlin last week, the world number two once again complained of fever and cough. The Hamburg native has been suffering from health setbacks all season. Zverev also recently complained that the tournament calendar was far too full and the season was therefore too long.

Possible return to Shanghai

It is still unclear whether the German will play the Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai from October 2 to 13 as planned. Zverev will then have events in Vienna and Paris on his schedule before heading to the ATP finals of the best eight players in Turin.

Zverev’s start at the Davis Cup finals in Malaga at the end of November is also still unclear. Team manager Michael Kohlmann had initially not nominated Zverev, but left a fifth place in the team free so that the Tokyo Olympic champion could be nominated.