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Tennis star Alexander Zverev feels that the overall competition in the current era is much higher as compared to the Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic era. The world number two affirmed that the level apart from the top 10 players is extremely high. Advertisment After getting knocked out from the ongoing Mutua Madrid Open 2025, the Germany-born star has asked whether it's much easier to storm into the top 10 or stay in the top 10 ATP rankings. The star player has acknowledged that the top players, like Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, Wawrinka, and Del Potro, were stellar, but apart from these, the overall level of the rest of the players was not the same quality. The 28-year-old tennis star said that the only top 10 ATP-ranked players were brilliant in the past era, while the competition is extremely huge in this modern-day game, where even the players ranked from 10 to 30 can pose a big threat to top ATP players. “No, definitely not. It's much more difficult. The depth of players is much more. Before, I remember when I got to the top 10 for the first time in 2017, it was eight years ago. Yes, the top 10 was very strong, and we had the four best players in the world with Novak, Rafa, Roger, Andy, Stan, you know, del Potro and all those guys, but the level from, I would say, 10 to 20 and then 20 to 30 was much lower than it is now," Alexander Zverev said. Zverev says it"s much harder to reach the top 10 in today"s era, "We had the 4 best players in the world with Novak, Rafa, Roger, Andy, Stan, del Potro… but the level from 10 to 20 & then 20 to 30 was much lower than it is now"“Many people thinks that today is more easier or… pic.twitter.com/KE8vPXoyHZ — The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) May 1, 2025 Alexander Zverev suffers an exit from the Mutua Madrid Open 2025! Alexander Zverev has crashed out from the Mutua Madrid Open 2025 pre-quarters after losing against Francisco Cerundolo. The star player recently won the BMW Munich Open 2025 but crashed out in the Madrid Open after losing against the Argentine star.