German tennis player Alexander Zverev publicly thanked his mother, revealing that at four years old he was diagnosed with diabetes and his mother refused to accept that the condition would be an impediment to his sporting career.
Zverev lived through a long period without winning Grand Slam titles, having gone 13 years without winning a major tournament on the tennis circuit.
However, in the last three months, the German managed to reverse this trend, winning two highly significant titles, including the silver at the Paris Olympic Games and the victory at the ATP Finals in Turin.
This sequence of positive results represents an important milestone in Zverev's career, as he overcame not only the technical difficulties on the circuit but also the health challenges he has faced since childhood.
