Serbia Davis Cup captain Viktor Troiki has slammed the treatment of Novak Djokovic after he was booed off court following his retirement at the Australian Open. After losing the first set of his semi-final against Alexander Zverev, the 24-time Grand Slam champion was unable to continue and handed his German rival a walkover win.
There has been a lot of excitement surrounding Nick Kyrgios' return to tennis. The Australian is a phenomenal character and box office on the court. His charisma and personality attract a lot of attention to his contests.
The former world No. 1 was forced to retire from the 2025 Australian Open semifinals due to the same injury as Serbia prepares to face Denmark in Davis Cup qualifying this weekend.
Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Norrie had dropped out of the squad to face Japan after initially being selected by captain Leon Smith. He was replaced by Jan Choinski, who sits 191st in the ATP rankings.
United States to face Taiwan in tournament-qualifying first round.
Serbian Davis Cup captain Viktor Troicki hits out of Australia's treatment of Novak Djokovic and calls for journalist Tony Jones to be banned from tennis for life.
The Davis Cup return of Nick Kyrgios is over before it started opening the door for Aleksandar Vukic to make his debut in this weekend’s tie against Sweden as reward for his breakout Australian Open performance.
It means Hewitt has been forced to call up Aleksandar Vukic for his Davis Cup debut and recall doubles veterans John Peers and Matt Ebden. Vukic is playing the tennis of his life, making the third round of the Australian Open and surging to World No.66 in the ATP rankings.
Aleksandar Vukic has joined the squad to potentially play singles alongside Alex de Minaur in Australia's Davis
On his Davis Cup debut, Sasikumar Mukund walked out of the court cramping, wincing in pain and leaving India down 0-1 against Morocco in September 2023. Not just this, he played wearing a jersey which had India spelt wrong.
Cameron Norrie withdraws from this week's Davis Cup tie in Japan, leaving the Great Britain team without any singles players ranked in the world's top 75.