Sophia Thomalla (33) spoke openly about her relationship with tennis Olympic champion Alexander Zverev (25). In the documentary "ZVEREV – The Unfinished" that was released on RTL on Sunday, the actress and TV presenter says about the two coming together: "It's not a romantic story." We met through friends and after a while found each other. "Sometimes you talk to each other and think: 'Joah, something can happen.' And then it suddenly happens," said Thomalla. "It wasn't love at first sight."

In the approximately 90-minute documentary, Zverev gives rare insights into his private life and that of his family. The focus is on Zverev's way back to the tennis court after his serious foot injury in the semifinals of the French Open at the beginning of June last year.

Thomalla: "We don't have a simple life together"

Thomalla also accompanied him. The 33-year-old says of the relationship between the two, who are always in the limelight: "There are two particularly blatant life models that meet." Zverev with his enormous sports workload, which determines eleven months of the year, she with her "anything but" continuous life with also a lot of travel. "We enjoy - as stupid as it sounds - the simplest things together, because we don't have a simple life together."

Nevertheless, she can always rely on Zverev. "I don't need a provider. I need someone I can call 24 hours a day and throw up. And he's very good at that," said Thomalla about Zverev, who was eight years younger.