Mikhail"Mischa" Zverev (born 22 August 1987) and Alexander"Sascha" Zverev Jr. (born 20April 1997) are German professional tennis players, who have made names forthemselves. Mischa has just knockednumber one seed Andy Murry out of the Australian Open of Tennis, and Saschaalmost did the same to Rafael Nadal yesterday, playing a hard fought match inMelbourne. | | | | Both are sons ofAlexander Zverev, who was a well known tennis player for the former SovietUnion. Mischa was born in Moscow, andAlexander in Hamburg, after the family relocated there in 1991. Both brothers live in Monte Carlo, Monaco,but compete under the German flag. Mischais coached by his father. Alexander is consideredsomething of a phenom on the international tennis circuit, and it is predictedthat, in a few years, he will certainly become the number one ranked player. In 2013 and 2014, he was the number oneranked player of the world juniors players, and in 2014 he began to playprofessional tennis as well, reaching the semi finals of that year's GermanOpen. In the tennis world, at least, andalso elsewhere, he is the world’s most touted teenager. Yesterday Alexander Zverev scored a Pyrrhicvictory when he won a 37-shot rally against Rafael Nadal. The players were deepinto a fifth set by then, and the cost of that 54-second burst of energy –which must have felt like a 400m dash performed at full speed – left Zverevhobbled with cramp. Nadal was thus ableto muscle his way through to a fourth-round meeting with Gael Monfils, via a4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 scoreline. On apersonal level, he is single, and in addition to Monaco, maintains residencesin Hamburg and Miami, where he is a great fan of NBA Basketball's MiamiHeat. The world expects great things from theyounger brother. It is the elderbrother, however, who is the man of the day. As Juniors, he lost to Andy Murry in a match in 2004, near the start ofhis career. As a junior he compiled a123–50 win/loss record in singles (and 79–33 in doubles). Over the years he has been considered a goodplayer. In 2016 he set a record byqualifying 10 times for an ATP World Tour main draw in 1 season. Today,Zverev upset world No. 1 Andy Murray in the fourth round of the AustralianOpen, marking the biggest accomplishment of his career to date. He goes on toface Roger Federer later this week. -- Posted By Rex to Speed o Rex at 1/22/2017 11:56:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
