The German, back at Roland-Garros a year after his serious injury, cannot use his treatment.
If for the moment Alexander Zverev continues to perform at Roland-Garros, a year after his terrible ankle injury against Rafael Nadal, he is not in the best conditions to evolve in this tournament and it is the German who mentioned it at a press conference. A type 1 diabetic since he was a child, Alexander Zverev has had too high blood sugar levels, forcing the 27th player in the world to inject himself with insulin several times in a game, or risk serious problems. health.
Problem, the rules of Roland-Garros refuse that the German injects such a product on the court without the supervision of a specialist. “During ATP tournaments, it’s very easy. I regularly inject myself with insulin on the court during the changes. Here, in Paris, I’m not allowed to do it on the court. They said I had to leave the field. In my last match (against Frances Tiafoe), they told me it would count as a bathroom break. I said, ‘Guys, come on! I only have two bathroom breaks per game, but in a best-of-five game sometimes I have to inject myself four or even five times.’ So I told them that was not possible because it would mean that something that is necessary to my well-being, to my life, is not allowed.”
Also at a press conference, the German said that the supervisor during the second round of Roland-Garros had panicked when he saw the German giving himself injections alone. “A supervisor who didn’t know came into the room and panicked, saying, ‘No, no, you can’t do that. A doctor has to come and inject it”. I told him that it was wrong because a normal doctor cannot help me if he is not specialized, and if he does not have the good data on how much insulin I need to inject. I said to them, “Look, I’ve had diabetes since I was three years old. I know exactly what to do. But he replied: ‘No, a doctor has to do it.’ injury.
