As well as Great Britain and two Australian teams – Gold and Green – the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Ukraine and USA will contest the eight-team tournament.
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Woodbridge, an 11-time doubles Grand Slam victor, also praised Kyrgios, saying that the Aussie youngster has a chance to become a “great tennis” for Australia.
Nick Kyrgios accepts being left out of the Australia Davis Cup team and says this may have been the best for his career.
The closest Hewitt has come to tasting Hopman Cup success was when he reached the final with Alicia Molik in 2003, with the U.S. pairing of James Blake and Serena Williams prevailing 3-0.
“He is one of our massive shining lights moving forward”, Hewitt said ahead of Thursday’s Davis Cup draw in Glasgow.
Australia’s only win in the tournament came in 1999 when Mark Philippoussis and Jelena Dokic claimed victory in the global mixed teams event.
Hewitt further said that the 20-year-old is a great guy, hoping that he would get better with time.
“I’m guaranteed the three matches, but hopefully four if we can make the final”. I love playing for my country.
“Obviously a lot had been going on and I thought there is no rush”.
Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska and Jerzy Janowicz celebrate winning the 2015 Hopman Cup final against the US.
The final on-court chapter of Australian tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt will include a Perth farewell after being named to partner WA’s Casey Dellacqua in next year’s Hopman Cup.
Hewitt and Murray are expected to play key roles in the tie for their respective nations.
Murray said his appearance would give him the ideal preparation for the Australian Open.
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“I don’t basically understand what went behind the curtain or how Nick was also sensation psychologically, but it surely was a pretty worrying go for him”, Murray said, statistics the Daily Telegraph.
