World No.23 Alexei Popyrin heads captain Lleyton Hewitt’s five-man workforce for the Davis Cup Ultimate 8 at Malaga in November.
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It’s a robust unit, with Popyrin – an ATP Masters 1000 champion in Montreal and Novak Djokovic’s vanquisher on the US Open – and Thompson each ranked within the prime 30 whereas Purcell and Ebden are Grand Slam doubles winners respectively ranked fifth and eighth on the earth. There are nonetheless hopes singles world No.11 De Minaur may return.
“He’s going to do all the pieces to get again as rapidly as doable,” Hewitt stated final week, including the pair was nonetheless working by means of a restoration schedule.
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Bob Bryan’s US quintet options three top-20 singles gamers: Taylor Fritz (world No.7), Tommy Paul (No.13) and Ben Shelton (No.17) plus two top-30 doubles gamers Rajeev Ram (No.10) and Austin Krajicek (No.28).
The eye of the broader world could also be on the opposite half of the draw as Spain has named each Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal, elevating the prospect they could reprise their Paris Olympics ‘Nadalcaraz’ partnership, although captain David Ferrer additionally has world doubles No.1 Marcel Granollers in his choice.
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AUSTRALIAN SQUAD (for Davis Cup Finals, Malaga, Spain, 19-24 November): Alexei Popyrin, Jordan Thompson, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Max Purcell, Matthew Ebden. Captain: Lleyton Hewitt.
Quarterfinals: Australia v United States, Italy v Argentina, Spain v Netherlands, Canada v Germany.
