Mischa Zverev to coach Germany at ATP Cup

The second edition of the ATP Cup will take place in the first week of February, just ahead of the season's first major at the Australian Open.

The event will be smaller than in 2020, offering fewer ATP points due to the restricted format. Serbia claimed the inaugural title in January, beating Spain in the final and standing as the favorite again with Novak Djokovic in the squad. Alexander Zverev should lead Germany, alongside his brother Mischa who was named the squad's coach. Mischa will replace Michael Kohlmann and Boris Becker, who were in charge in 2020, hoping for a better run and chasing the semi-final spot.

Alexander couldn't find the form at the ATP Cup this January, dropping all three matches and unable to help Germany in the battle for the quarter-final. Germany lost to Australia and Canada and beat Greece, which wasn't enough to chase the quarter-final spot. Mischa is currently ranked 264th in singles after a mediocre season, competing on the ITF Futures Tour for the first time since 2015 and scoring his only ATP win in front of the home fans in Cologne in the season's closing stages.

Zverev's only ATP title came in Eastbourne 2018 on grass, cracking the top-25 in July 2017 and failing to repeat that in the following years.