Germany's Davis Cup captain Michael Kohlmann says he sees a lot of potential in a partnership between the country's top player Alexander Zverev and German tennis icon Boris Becker. Speaking to Tennis Magazin, Kohlmann says, "If the two of them are convinced then, I believe that it could work very well."
Becker has been appointed as the captain of Germany's ATP Cup team which plays in Australia next month and has not ruled out future involvement in the coaching team of Germany's top players.
Kohlmann says that the ATP Cup will be a good opportunity for the two to spend some time and see if the partnership could work over the longer-term. "It's actually a good time for both of them to spend matches together, to be very close and to test it out."
Kohlmann also hopes that Zverev, the top-ranked German, will play for Germany in the Davis Cup next year. "I believe that Sascha had a general goal and still has to win the Davis Cup. He has seen for himself that we are definitely somewhere in the favorite circle to settle if we come up with the best team."
Zverev had skipped the Davis Cup in Madrid this year saying that he did not like the new format of the competition. The Germans reached the quarter-finals of the competition this year without Zverev. Becker had defended Zverev's choice of skipping the Davis Cup in Madrid saying that the German No. 1 did not like the new format of the competition and had always played for Germany earlier under the new format, adding that it was his (Zverev's) choice to decide whether to play in Madrid or not.
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