Newly-crowned Olympic men’s tennis champion Alexander Zverev said on Wednesday he will not play for Germany in the Davis Cup tournament this November.
After knocking out world number-one Novak Djokovic in the semi-final, Zverev, 24, beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov in straight sets to win the men’s Olympic gold medal in Tokyo earlier this month. 

However, he insists he needs a break once the ATP season ends with Germany one of the 18 teams to play in the week-long Davis Cup tournament starting on November 25. “I’m only human and I need a holiday. We play from January to October and I won’t play in November,” Zverev told magazine Sports Bild.