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Alexander Zverev said that although he experienced some bullying at school due to his diabetes, disclosing the condition made him feel better about his circumstances. The 25-year-old Zverev revealed his diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes to the public on August 6.
Zverev also took the opportunity to declare that he was starting a foundation to help kids with diabetes. “Oh, it feels wonderful. According to Yard Barker, Zverev stated on the ATP Tennis Radio Podcast, “that feels like, you know, a stone coming off my shoulders in a way since in school I was maybe tormented a little bit for that.”
The top-ranked male tennis player in Germany, Alexander Zverev, was raised in a developed nation. Zverev acknowledged that he was fortunate in that regard but pointed out that not all children with diabetes had the same advantages of growing up in a developed nation like Germany.
Zverev wants to help children with diabetes worldwide receive the right care for their condition as a result. “Its goal is to assist children, adults, and people worldwide. Diabetes. That is an illness, in my opinion, that gets little discussion since, in wealthy nations like the US, Germany, and others, people can live very normal lives with it.
That being said, it is not always the case. Not everywhere in the world because there are several locations, such as numerous locations in Africa and numerous locations in Asia. In many South American countries, access to medicine is sometimes limited due to poor governance, like to that of countries like Germany, the US, Britain, France, or others.
In addition, Zverev said, “I want to make sure that the message is out there that you really can and that you should never put limits on yourself just because you have an illness like that. I have always had doctors tell me that with an illness like that you will never be a professional athlete, especially not in a physical sport like tennis. You get a lot of doubt in you and people give you a lot of doubt when you get this illness at a young age.”