Zverev back to work after health scare

Alexander Zverev will return to court at the Shanghai Masters after a lung problem put the world No. 3 in hospital following Europe’s Laver Cup win last month.

The German is due back on court at the 1000-level event after his in-patient treatment for pneumonia.

The former finalist in China added: “I had a bit of a lung issue.

“I have an inflammation in my lung that’s going to take a few months, it’s going to take about two, three months to be completely gone.”

Zverev was forced to skip the just-concluded China Open in Beijing.  
“I pulled out of Beijing was, I was quite sick, I had quite high fever during the Laver Cup and after the Laver Cup.

“I ended up in hospital. I didn’t feel great, and also just didn’t have the energy to play. I was on antibiotics for a week.”

He added: ““I feel better now, but, of course, the issue with my lung is not gone, it’s still there.”

But he will give it a go for the rest of the season starting this week. “I still have a feeling of maybe being a bit more tired than I’m used to.

“But it’s either I’m going to take the whole (remainder of the) season off now or I’m going to play the way I can play.”