ATP Cup: Marin Cilic in the Croatian team against Austria
The Davis Cup final tournament in Madrid had to miss Marin Cilic due to a knee injury. In the ATP Cup in early 2020, however, the US Open Champion of 2014 is included.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Dec 04, 2019, 09:22 am
It's great for Dennis Novak to be able to compete with a man as early as the beginning of the year 2020, as one of the few players in recent years who broke the phalanxes of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Austrian number two will meet Marin Cilic at the ATP Cup in Sydney. So at least the plan of the Croat, who is led in the ATP world rankings only at position 39. As number one, Borna Coric will lead the team into the matches against Argentina, Poland and Austria.
Coric was also ahead of the Croatian side in Madrid at the Davis Cup final in Madrid, but was struggling with injury problems. In the group with Spain and Russia was ultimately nothing to fetch for the team, the double specialist Franko Skugor as interim captain board. The longtime Davis Cup boss Zeljko Krajan had been fired shortly before the final. Which also astonished Marin Cilic.
Cilic brings Coach Ferreira to Zagreb
"All I can say is that certain things can not happen again," says Cilic. "We all know that the timing of Krajan's eviction was bad. Honestly, I did not know anything. I heard about it from the media. Goran Ivanisevic will be difficult to convince if not all things are well organized. "Ivanisevic had been repeatedly mentioned in recent days as a possible new Croatian captain.
However, Croatia will have to qualify for the next final tournament in the encounter with India, as far as Marin Cilic does not want to plan ahead. At the moment, health is in the foreground. "My knee feels better and I plan to start the season in Australia. I start slowly to be ready for the winter training. My coach Wayne Ferreira will come to Zagreb. And then we will go to Australia. "There Croatia plays for the first time on 4 January 2019 at the ATP Cup.