* 新聞來源： https://tinyurl.com/y7a6krfu 539 Matches Later, Zverevs Ready For 'Special' Meeting In Washington By ATP Staff Aug 02 2018 “It's definitely not just another match, I think, for both of us.” Mischa Zverev knew something was up. His younger brother, Alexander Zverev, said to him, “Check out the draw.” “Why,” Mischa said. “Check it out,” Sascha said. Sascha had seen what ATP World Tour fans circled when the Citi Open draw was released: The possibility of the Zverev brothers playing each other in a tour-level match for the first time. And it was a good possibility: Each just needed to win a match. The brothers batted away any hype, leaning on clichés. Mischa Zverev: “You never know. You don't want to look too far ahead in the tournament.” Sascha Zverev: “We don't have easy opponents.” But at last, after a combined 539 main draw matches between the two, the Zverev brothers will meet in a tour-level contest. Sascha finished off Malek Jaziri of Tunisia on Wednesday evening, winning the second set of their rain-postponed match to advance 6-2, 6-1. Earlier in the day, Mischa beat American wild card Tim Smyczek 6-2, 7-6(6). “I think it's going to be an interesting day,” Mischa said. Alexander Zverev said, “I don't know him much because it's the first time we're playing,” he joked. “It's definitely not just another match, I think, for both of us... It's going to be very, very interesting for our family. It's a special day because not a lot of families can say that two brothers played against each other on such a high level... Obviously we both want to win. We won't give each other anything.” The two have played twice before but in qualifying matches, and Mischa, who is nine years older than Sascha, won both of them (2012 Dallas, 2014 Houston). “One is when I was 14 years old, so that doesn't really count,” Sascha said, “and the other time when I was 15 and a half. It was a very, very long match... and at some point, because I was quite skinny still and not very fit, I started cramping in the third set, 3-2, so I retired.” They also played some Wimbledon finals against each other, in their backyard. "I was about 12, he was about 22. It was a lot of fun. I don't think I've ever won. Hopefully that will change," Sascha said. Much has changed for both since then. Sascha is 21 now, the defending champion at the Citi Open and the No. 3 player in the ATP Rankings. His older brother isn't too shabby, either, as the 15th seed in Washington and at No. 43 in the ATP Rankings. “It's nice because we're finally at a point where, we're at a big tournament, we both play decent tennis,” Mischa said. “I think it's a win-win situation because it means both of my parents did a good job. They raised decent tennis players, and it's going to be a win-win no matter what.” https://youtu.be/0-HvV1eZIDs --

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