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It all adds up to Bergs: Huge goals, crowd support and more

Belgium exclusive speech to atptour.com

September 11, 2025

It all joins Zizou Bergs, who appreciate every detail of the sport, from competing at the big stage to having a small experience to everything in between. But there are some things that stand out.

Atptour.com caught up with the Belgian and discussed his favorite competition, biggest success, goals, the most unique moments of his career and more.

What is your favorite tennis match?
I mean, it’s definitely Nadal Federer. Let’s see how it will be now. Now, I think the biggest competition is Alcaraz-Sinner. But maybe these new young people will also generate calorie with joao [Fonseca] Maybe a learner [Tien]. let’s see. But they have done it, like all kinds of spectacular matches two days ago or three days ago [here in Miami].

What makes you a great competition?
Great competition is what is happening in history. So, as time goes by, they meet again. This is a victory and loss for both sides, especially the crowd involved. Sometimes Federer-Nadal is very gentlemanly and sometimes provocative. It can also be interesting. But I think it could be a really good person when the crowd starts to get involved.

Who would you say is your biggest competitor?
I don’t have one. I have a different path, another route. I don’t think anyone is going my way. Maybe young [players]They have been in the early days of tennis in Europe [events] After their junior year, they will soon rise. But I have a slow slow-running run. That’s why I don’t have anyone.

What was the most unique moment of your career?
France openly. Obviously, this is also related to the results. But for me, this is also very important for the crowd. [to that]. How much money do they and I have, how much support they support me, how many parties we can have at the tennis court. This is happening in the Davis Cup [Belgium].

But everything was a bit of a melding in the French Open, where I went through winning my first major draw in the Grand Slam and then the last round against Mathias Bourgue in the third round of Philippe Chatrier against Dimitrov. I think these moments are by far the most unique moments of my career.

What are the biggest achievements, numbers or rankings you are pursuing?
The longest and largest are the top 100. But when I arrived, when we sat down to achieve our new goal, it was obviously in the top 50. But by the end of the year, we got a new goal, which is the top 20. So now [only] The top 20 are in my mind.

What is the biggest difficulty you have to overcome? Is there a difficult time?
The hardest thing is that there is a history of spasm in my body parts. But because my body always disappoints me, my head also disappoints me. Then, I thought that was the toughest moment of 2019, when I moved out of Belgium to try something new in Spain.

By doing so, I even left all my family and friends [back] At home, although this is very important to me, I am once again very happy due to the hard work I put in. [I was] Only tennis, but really hard, it will make me happiest at the end of the day.

What is your favorite game? Why?
What is your favorite game? Why?
[It was] Antwerp or French Open or Davis Cup. Start living together in places where many Belgians come.

What is the greatest off-field experience you have ever gained due to a tennis player’s life?
When we travel, there are a lot of good things, you have a tennis player privilege, the game is organizing events, or some people invite you to the event. From a boat trip to visiting local stuff, to having dinner with family at home in a specific country, that’s all these little things. It’s so cool [do] Because you walk around. But usually you only see hotels and tennis clubs, but when people invite you or organize something, you do something and sometimes you realize what the benefits of being a tennis player are.