Sept.13: Controversial Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has played down the seriousness of a hip injury he sustained during the recently-concluded US Open, saying he feels ready to play this week’s Davis Cup World Group play-off. “I think that would make him a lot better Davis Cup player moving forward for the next few years”. “You look at Nick and he’s kind of an NBA basketballer playing tennis and that brings a whole other lot of kids that want to come and play tennis”, Hewitt said.
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The 21-year-old was forced to retire during his third-round clash with Illya Marchenko at the recent US Open due to a hip injury. This news story is related to Print/150005-Kyrgios-Davis-Cup-fitness-encouraging-says-Hewitt/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne.
The Australia No 1 told a news conference Tuesday, “I just got a niggling injury that came out of nowhere nearly”. I’ve been on the rise the whole year.
Kyrgios feels confident about overcoming his hip injury.
World number 15 Kyrgios was named in the squad for Slovakia and if fit, will play in the singles rubbers with Bernard Tomic, who also withdrew from Rio after a public warning from Chiller.
Kyrgios said of Tomic, the world No 21, on Tuesday: “He’s a great player, with great potential and doing great things”. In Darwin, he pretty much saved me.
“It means a lot to me being in this chair alongside these guys trying to get back into the World Group”.
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The Australians, who chose to play the tie on grass at Sydney’s Olympic tennis center, must beat a depleted Slovakia team to retain their place in the 16-team World Group for 2017.
