Australia has named two captains for the inaugural United Cup, with legends Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Stosur set to steer the workforce on residence soil when the occasion begins later this month.
Hewitt, who has been captain of the Australian Davis Cup workforce since 2016, is joined by Stosur, who has additionally been picked as certainly one of eight gamers within the workforce and is predicted to function within the blended doubles.
The event begins on December 29 and might be performed in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, with a few of the greatest names on the earth set to compete.
Australia has been drawn in the identical group as Spain and Great Britain, which implies Nick Kyrgios will face 22-time grand slam closing winner Rafael Nadal in a blockbuster match simply days earlier than the Australian Open begins.
World No.1 ladies’s participant Iga Swiatek will lead the Polish cost, whereas Greece might be onerous to beat with world No.4 Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari set to dominate their singles matches.
There are different big-name captains for the occasion, with Tim Henman in command of Great Britain, whereas former world No.2 Agnieszka Radwanska will lead workforce Poland.
The United Cup kicks off an enormous summer season of tennis, with the 4 group winners to advance to the finals in Sydney the place groups are competing for roughly $22m.
