Melbourne – In the event of a postponed finals date, a Davis Cup appearance by Germany’s best tennis player Alexander Zverev has not been ruled out.
“Sascha would like to win the Davis Cup one day,” said his brother Mischa Zverev on the sidelines of the Australian Open in Melbourne: “If the boys qualify and play the groups in September, maybe he would be there.” Sascha is Alexander Zverev’s nickname.
On 4/5 March, the German men’s tennis team will first compete in Rio de Janeiro to qualify again for the group matches in the final round of the Nations Competition. “Rio is so unlucky after Acapulco before Indian Wells,” said Mischa Zverev.
Last year, the team without top player Zverev had surprisingly reached the semi-finals. The world number three has so far rejected the new format in the Davis Cup, also because the final round with group matches and the following knockout round is played at the end of the season in November. According to Davis Cup team manager Michael Kohlmann, consideration is being given to moving the group stage to September and only playing the knockout matches from the quarter-finals onwards at the end of the season.
Mischa Zverev wants to continue playing tournaments
By the way, despite his managerial duties for his, Mischa Zverev does not yet have a date in mind for the end of his tennis career and wants to continue playing smaller tournaments. “I don’t have that much time, but I’m still playing because I have to play with Sascha. As long as I keep fit – why not?” said the 34-year-old family man on the sidelines of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Sascha is Alexander Zverev’s nickname.
Mischa Zverev was among the top 30 in the world a few years ago. At the Australian Open in 2017, the Hamburg native reached the quarter-finals and impressed with a victory over the then British world number one Andy Murray. In the meantime, the left-hander is only ranked 347 in the world. He has entered a few smaller tournaments in France and Italy, said Mischa Zverev: “If I get in, cool, if not, no. “