ATP Cup: Stefanos Tsitsipas hopes for the Greek fans in Brisbane
Despite top player Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece is an outsider in Group F at the ATP Cup . In terms of support, the Greeks can probably take on the local heroes.
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Jan 01, 2020, 10:05 am
There is no question: as far as the second single player is concerned, Greece clearly finds itself in the role of the outsider at Group F of the ATP Cup. Australia offers Nick Kyrgios , who likes to show his best performance in team competitions. Jan-Lennard Struff will start for Germany, the Warsteiner looks back on his best season so far and has even led the German team as number one at the Davis Cup final tournament. And the Canadians can trust Félix Auger-Aliassime. The Greeks? Enter the race with Mikhail Pervolarakis, the current number 487 in the ATP charts.
The team with ATP world champion Stefanos Tsitsipas accepts any help they can get. And that should come from the ranks. Not just a friendly wish, because the support that Tsitsipas received during his run to the semi-finals of the Australian Open 2019, as well as compatriot Maria Sakkari, means a firework of emotions can be expected for Brisbane and the ATP Cup.
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"We started well," said Tsitsipas, whose father Apostolos will be the captain of the Greeks. “Our team chemistry is really good. I am very proud to be able to represent Greece in this competition for the first time. We just met the Greeks who live here in Brisbane. It is very important for us to have people with whom we have a relationship. And they will come and support us. That will make this event so special. "
On the other hand, the Germans also share good memories of Brisbane: there they won the Davis Cup encounter with Australia in early 2018 with the support of numerous fans who traveled with them. And that is exactly what Captain Boris Becker asked after his arrival in Australia to come to the Pat Rafter Arena. You don't have to tell Australian viewers that anyway.