Kyrgios 支援するs de Minaur in ATP Cup
A rare 勝利,勝つ in Brisbane has 確実にするd Germany are 十分な of 信用/信任 ahead of their 開始 ATP Cup 衝突/不一致 with Australia at Pat Rafter 円形競技場 on Friday.
But after 証言,証人/目撃するing Australian チーム仲間 Alex de Minaur's 早い rise since their 2018 loss in Queensland, Nick Kyrgios reckons the Germans shouldn't be getting ahead of themselves.
German spearhead Alexander Zverev (人命などを)奪う,主張するd his team were still buzzing from their 3-1 Davis Cup tennis 勝利 two years ago against Australia at the same 発生地 that will host their 開始 一連の会議、交渉/完成する-コマドリ 衝突/不一致 of the 就任の ATP Cup.
And no wonder - it 示すd the first time Australia had been 敗北・負かすd in Brisbane in a Davis Cup tie since the tournament 可決する・採択するd the World Group 判型 in 1981.
"We are the only ones to have beaten Australia in Brisbane, 権利?" world No.7 Zverev said.
"There are 広大な/多数の/重要な memories from that week in 2018. I still remember it and I hope we can take something out of that.
"We know that we can play 井戸/弁護士席 on that 法廷,裁判所. I hope we can show that again and not only (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 Australia but the other countries 同様に."
But world No.30 Kyrgios 警告するd Germany that they would be taking on a much 改善するd de Minaur in their ATP Cup group, which also features Greece and Canada.
De Minaur was the lowest 階級d Australian in the team at No.139 when he was a shock (テニスなどの)シングルス 選ぶ for the 早期に 2018 Davis Cup tie but still gave Zverev a 脅す before losing their 開始 (テニスなどの)シングルス rubber in five 始める,決めるs.
急速な/放蕩な 今後 two years and the 20-year-old de Minaur is now Australia's undisputed No.1 player at the ATP Cup, spearheading the team as the world No.18.
"We lost to them in a 堅い 戦う/戦い (in 2018) but the way Demon (de Minaur) is playing now, it is night and day compared to how he was the last time we played them," Kyrgios 警告するd.
"I don't think they will like how many balls he gets 支援する in this heat."
Kyrgios was also 静かに 確信して he could 停止する his e nd in Brisbane, 誇るing 4-3 and 1-1 career 長,率いる-to-長,率いる 記録,記録的な/記録するs against Zverev and German チーム仲間, world No.35 Jan-Lennard Struff, それぞれ.
Asked if Germany held an 辛勝する/優位 over Australia after their Davis Cup 衝突/不一致, Kyrgios said: "Not really. I have beaten Zverev 多重の times and Struff."
The 静かに spoken De Minaur said he was soaking up the 圧力 in his new-設立する 役割 as Australia's spearhead ahead of the ATP Cup.
"There is always 期待 but I 堅固に believe there is no 期待 greater than the one I put on myself," he said.
"I finished off 2019 really 井戸/弁護士席 so hopefully I can start off 2020 the same."