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Zverev added former world number three Ferrer
to his coaching team around the middle of 2020 and reached his
maiden Grand Slam final at the U.S. Open, where he went down to
Dominic Thiem after winning the first two sets.
The German picked up two ATP titles in Cologne and also made the
final of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris in an encouraging
close to the season.
"I would like to thank David for the months we have shared, the
times on and off the court, wishing him only the best in the
future," Zverev wrote on his Instagram account.
"I also want to thank his family for giving me the chance to
spend precious weeks with David during these difficult times. I
have tremendous respect for the way David played and coaches
tennis."
Zverev will start his 2021 season at the team-based ATP Cup
which will be played at Melbourne Park a week before the
Australian Open is held at the same venue from Feb. 8.
"I had to decide by the end of the year; I spoke to Alexander
and told him that I preferred not to continue working with him
in 2021," Ferrer told tennis website Punto de Break.
"There wasn't a particular reason or anything; I just thought
the time wasn't right. Everything is fine between us ... I'm not
the right person to help Alexander at the moment."
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Richard
Pullin)
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