The Australian crew continues its Davis Cup marketing campaign in Manchester with a must-win tie in the present day towards France.
Manchester, Nice Britain, 14 September 2023 | Rhys de Deugd
Australia is making ready for a do-or-die Davis Cup tie towards France in Manchester in the present day.
After a 2-1 loss to Nice Britain within the first round-robin tie, Australia should beat France to maintain hopes of progressing to November’s finals alive.
Alex de Minaur, Australia’s No.1 singles participant, admits will probably be a tricky job, however is optimistic the crew will enhance.
“Finally, we’re going to must carry our sport and that’s what we’ll do,” De Minaur stated.
“We’ll come out, we’ll have the vitality, we’ll be prepared, and hopefully we will come away with the win.”
| Australian crew | ||
| Participant | Singles rating | Doubles rating |
| Alex de Minaur | No.12 | No.285 |
| Max Purcell | No.43 | No.45 |
| Jordan Thompson | No.55 | No.111 |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis | No.74 | No.148 |
| Matt Ebden | – | No.8 |
| Captain: Lleyton Hewitt | ||
Australia is hoping to provide the same end result to final 12 months’s win towards France, the place the crew claimed the group-stage tie in Hamburg.
Nevertheless, France heads into the tie in sturdy type after a 3-0 victory over Switzerland of their first tie earlier this week.
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Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt concedes will probably be a tricky battle towards the gifted French crew.
“It’s going to be three actually powerful matches,” Hewitt stated.
The French crew boasts three top-50 singles gamers in Ugo Humbert, Adrian Mannarino and Arthur Fils.
| French crew | ||
| Participant | Singles rating | Doubles rating |
| Adrian Mannarino | No.34 | No.147 |
| Ugo Humbert | No.36 | – |
| Arthur Fils | No.44 | No.491 |
| Edouard Roger-Vasselin | – | No.11 |
| Nicolas Mahut | – | No.32 |
| Captain: Sebastien Grosjean | ||
Hewitt famous world No.36 Humbert as one to look at, following a straight-sets win over Stan Wawrinka – who featured in Switzerland’s profitable 2014 Davis Cup crew – within the first tie.
“Humbert is a really high quality participant, (he) performs very properly indoors on all these courts, it’s going to be a tricky match for certain,” Hewitt stated.
Within the doubles, Australia will seemingly be up towards the achieved pair of Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.
That is the seventeenth Davis Cup assembly between the 2 nations, with Australia holding an 11-5 head-to-head file over France.
The 2023 Davis Cup Finals are broadcast reside on the 9 Community in Australia, with protection starting from 9.45pm AEST (Thursday 14 September).
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