dGerman tennis players must qualify for the Davis Cup final without their star player Alexander Zverev create. As announced by the German Tennis Federation (DTB), the world number six continues to suffer from the infection that weakened him in his Australian Open semifinal loss against Daniil Medvedev last Friday. Davis Cup team boss Michael Kohlmann once again nominated Maximilian Marterer for the match against hosts Hungary in Tatabanya.

The 28-year-old player from Nuremberg, currently number 92 in the world, had already represented Zverev in the duel against Bosnia-Herzegovina last September, when the Olympic champion had to miss due to a muscle injury. Marterer was eliminated on Tuesday in the first round of the ATP tournament in Montpellier.

waiting for support

“We hoped until the end that Alexander could support us against Hungary after his great performance in Australia. Unfortunately he didn't have enough time to get in shape in time. “Now we have to be together as a team to make up for the loss,” said Kohlmann: “Although the Hungarians have a very strong team, I am convinced that with our unity we can survive here even without it.”

In addition to Marterer, the German team that will play the matches on Friday and Saturday in Hungary will consist of Jan-Lennard Struff, Dominik Koepfer and doubles specialists Tim Pütz and Kevin Krawietz.