Mischa Zverev happy to learn from younger brother Alexander

Mischa emerged from the shadow of his younger brother’s rapidly rising stardom in Melbourne last month.  Armed with a long forgotten skill of serve and volley, the injury-ridden German beat  Murray in the fourth round before losing to the eventual winner Roger Federer in the quarter-finals.

He true, like we saw not so long ago in Melbourne. He has had faith in me. I like to think I've helped him too of course. Telling him about my experiences on Tour and in life," Mischa said.

Son of former Soviet Union Davis Cup player Alexander Zverev Sr., Mischa and his younger brother will turn out together for Germany in Davis Cup for the first time – this will also be the first time two brothers will play in this tournament for Germany.

While Mischa's recent performances has pushed him to No 35 in the world rankings, he still has a lot of catching-up to do with Alexander Jr. The 19-year-old is currently ranked 22.

Mischa is determined to prove that the Australian Open was not a flash in the pan. "I really did enjoy the whole experience in Australia. Looking back on it, the off-season was very tough, but now I realise it was actually a lot of fun because it was part of such a great journey overall," he said.

"It has sunk in now but tennis moves fast. Whatever happened last week south of the equator has to stay there. That's in the past already so hopefully I can take the confidence and all the positive experience I've got from that and take that into the whole of the 2017 season.