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Lisicki.
That
event
did
not
go
very
well
for
him,
but
the
rest
of
his
season
has
been
nothing
short
of
spectacular.

He
has
beaten
the
likes
of
Marin
Cilic,
Gilles
Simon
and
David
Goffin
in
2016,
not
to
mention
Roger
Federer
and
Stanislas
Wawrinka,
two
massive
scalps
that
few
players
can
boast
of
beating
in
the
same
season.

In
Beijing
he
added
another
Top
10
conquest
to
his
list
when
he
beat
fellow
rising
star
Dominic
Thiem.
Many
pundits
are
already
predicting
that
these
two
young
men
will
have
the
next
great
rivalry
in
tennis.

But
while
Alexander
was
laying
waste
to
the
ATP
Tour,
Mischa’s
season
has
been
much
less
flashy.
He
won
the
Challenger
in
Sarasota,
and
also
won
a
match
at
the
US
Open,
where
he
started
from
qualifying.
He
then
reached
the
quarter-finals
in
Shenzen,
where
he
ousted
Fabio
Fognini
before
yielding
to
Richard
Gasquet
7-6,
7-6.

Most
recently
he
defeated
Nick
Kyrgios
in
Shanghai
in
a
match
that
was
filled
with
controversy
from
start
to
finish.
Zverev
won
the
match
6-3,
6-1,
and
though
he
didn’t
know
it
at
the
time,
he
effectively
ended
the
Australian’s
season
(Kyrgios
was
suspended
for
the
rest
of
the
year
following
the
clash).

After
that,
Zverev
gave
Novak
Djokovic
the
fright
of
his
life.
For
a
while
it
looked
as
if
the
Serb
might
lose
to
the
resurgent
German,
and
it
took
every
ounce
of
greatness
in
him
to
eventually
win
in
three
tight
sets.

Though
Mischa’s
season
hasn’t
been
as
noticeable
as
his
younger
brother’s,
he’s

definitely
made
significant
strides.
The
question
now
is
whether
he
can
carry
that
form
on
into
2017.
If
he
can
recapture
the
promise
he
showed
just
a
few
years
ago,
he
might
be
in
for
a
very
exciting
season
indeed.
And
as
far
as
his
brother
is
concerned,
we
will
have
to
see
if
he
can
continue
his
meteoric
rise,
or
whether
he
eventually
hits
a
wall.