Lleyton Hewitt guided Australia into their first Davis Cup final in 19 years.Credit:Getty Images
Kyrgios is Australia’s No.1 singles and doubles player and reached his maiden grand slam singles final at Wimbledon in a career-best season but hasn’t represented his country in three years.
Nick Kyrgios is headed for a lucrative tournament in Saudi Arabia.Credit:AP
He will instead take part in a lucrative exhibition event,the heavily criticised Diriyah Tennis Cup,from December 8 to 10 in Saudi Arabia,which he is set to score a six-figure appearance fee for.
Kyrgios has also signed up to play in the World Tennis League in Dubai,between December 19 and 24. “Saudi Arabia and Dubai is all that’s left. You know I gotta get the bag,” he posted on Instagram about his plans.
Davis Cup advocate de Minaur was superb throughout the qualification period andlead-in to the final but went down in straight sets to world No.6 Auger-Aliassime in the final.
An exasperated Hewitt was unable to shed any light afterwards on when,or if,Kyrgios would ever return to the Davis Cup fold.