Alexander Zverev has fired back at Boris Becker after the 57-year-old urged him to axe his father and brother from his coaching team.

Speaking after Zverev's defeat to Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the French Open, Becker said: "It’s the same in football. As a football coach you don’t normally stay with a club for 10 years. His father and brother did an excellent job, but it wasn’t good enough for the final step."

Zverev has since responded: "When things are going well for me, I always do everything right. When things are going badly for me, everyone else is very, very clever. Unfortunately, Boris is one of them.

"We had a lot of contact before he made those statements. We had a great relationship. I don't know why it all had to happen this way. It's interesting that everyone knows everything better than I do."

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