Husband-and-wife captains,Nick Kyrgios and Alex de Minaur teaming up in the doubles,and some of the game’s biggest names. Meet the new kid on the block in tennis.
Australia’s Davis Cup hero has spoken about how he tried to coax Kyrgios back into the green and gold before he went to Saudi Arabia for an exhibition event. Now they’ll finally reunite in a new tournament.
Omar Jasika won a junior grand slam title and was playing doubles with Nick Kyrgios before a self-inflicted setback almost cost him his tennis career.
Nick Kyrgios’ Davis Cup absence doesn’t look likely to end anytime soon,with Lleyton Hewitt and Alex de Minaur airing their frustration after losing the final.
Australia’s dream of regaining the Davis Cup after nearly two decades has been blasted apart by the firepower of Canada’s twin rockets.
Australia have defied the odds with a makeshift doubles pairing steering them to victory over Croatia and into their first Davis Cup final in 19 years.
Germany pipped Australia to top spot in group C of the Davis Cup finals,winning the decisive doubles rubber in Hamburg on Sunday.
Nick Kyrgios is out of Australia’s Davis Cup ties that will be played straight after the US Open,a tournament where the Australian is considered among the top five contenders.
One word came easily to mind when Lleyton Hewitt was asked how he wanted to be remembered on the eve of his enshrinement into the Tennis Hall of Fame.
Ash Barty will take some convincing that a statue in honour of her - either located close to Melbourne Park or in her home state of Queensland - is justified.
De Minaur ensured the match would be decided by a fifth rubber,and Kokkinakis took care of the rest.