Melbourne (dpa) – In the event of a postponed final round date, the use of the best German tennis player Alexander Zverev in the Davis Cup is not excluded.
“Sascha would like to win the Davis Cup,” said his brother Mischa Zverev on the sidelines of the Australian Open in Melbourne: “If the boys qualify and play the groups in September, he might be there.” Sascha is the nickname of Alexander Zverev.
On the 4th/5th On March 10th, the German men’s tennis team will first play in Rio de Janeiro in order to qualify again for the group games in the final round of the nations’ competition. “Rio is so unhappy after Acapulco in front of Indian Wells,” said Mischa Zverev.
Last year, the team surprisingly reached the semi-finals without top player Zverev. The third in the world rankings has so far rejected the new format in the Davis Cup, also because the final round with group games and the subsequent knockout round will be held at the end of the season in November. According to Davis Cup team boss Michael Kohlmann, consideration is being given to moving the group phase to September and only playing the knockout games from the quarter-finals at the end of the season.