Australia draw outdated rivals Sweden in Davis Cup match | 3 December, 2024 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions
Lleyton Hewitt’s Australian crew will meet outdated enemies Sweden in a bid to get nearer to February’s Davis Cup Closing 8.
Melbourne, 3 December 2024 | Glenn Moore, AAP
Australia have been handed a harmful path to the Davis Cup Closing 8 because the crew continues its quest for a primary trophy since 2003.
With the match returning to dwelling or away ties as a substitute of a round-robin group, Lleyton Hewitt’s crew should journey to Sweden for the tie on January 31-February 2, instantly after the Australian Open.
In the event that they win, they’ll face Belgium or Chile within the second spherical for an opportunity to advance to the Closing 8.
That will probably be performed in November in Italy, the house of the two-time champions, who received the suitable to host the Closing 8 within the subsequent three years, changing Malaga, Spain. Bologna would be the venue for the 2025 occasion.
I am pleased with this crew 💚💛
Three in a row @DavisCup semi-finalist. Not simply our day in the present day.
Bravo, Italy 👏 pic.twitter.com/3u2WTGVtPI
— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) November 23, 2024
With the ATP Finals in Turin, and world No.1 Jannik Sinner, Italy – given a wild card into the Closing 8 – is more and more seen as the house of males’s tennis.
Beneath the 2024 finalist competitors guidelines, the Netherlands, World No.4, acquired a second wildcard which provides them a bye into the second spherical of qualifying as a substitute of second-placed Australia, crushed within the finals in 2022 and 2023, and -semifinalist this. a yr.
The tie with Sweden evokes recollections of the times when Sweden and Australia have been the champions of males’s tennis.
In 1983 and 1986 the 2 nations met within the ultimate, on Kooyong grass, Melbourne. Australia received every time with Pat Money, John Fitzgerald, Paul McNamee, and (solely in 1983) Mark Edmondson making up the successful dwelling crew.
Whereas the Australian males’s tennis sport is booming Sweden is a far cry from the powerhouse it was when it received the match six instances from 1984-1998.
Now with out a single participant within the prime 300, though nonetheless in twentieth place within the Davis Cup rankings, Sweden reached the qualifiers after defeating India within the World Group.
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Their singles gamers in that match have been their top-ranked pair: Elias Ymer, now No.329 on the planet after dropping 174 locations in 2024, and Leo Borg, son of the good Bjorn, at No.546.
The Swedes have two doubles gamers within the prime 200, Andre Goransson (No.66) and Filip Bergevi (No.124). Nevertheless, Australia have a battery of prime 100 singles and doubles gamers and they need to enhance even when Sweden can decide extra.
The second spherical could be tough. Chile, ranked quantity 16, has two prime 40 gamers, Alejandro Tabilo (No.23) and Nicolas Jarry (No.35). Belgium’s prime scorers are David Goffin (No.52) and Zizou Bergs (No.71), however the world No.14 crew has two gamers ranked thirty first in Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen.
This will probably be performed on September 12-14, simply after the US Open, which ends on September 7.
Amongst different issues compelled by Monday’s attract London, Canada will host Hungary in third place, Germany will probably be drawn towards Israel, the USA will face Taiwan, Nice Britain will go to Japan and Spain will play Switzerland.
