Davis Cup: Dominic Thiem in Finland
Dominic Thiem will lead the Austrian Davis Cup team in the relegation game in Finland. Team boss Stefan Koubek announced this in Kitzbühel on Wednesday.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Jul 31, 2019, 12:42 pm
At the beginning of February Dominic Thiem had to cancel due to illness for the Davis Cup game in Salzburg against Chile, at that time Austria lost 2: 3. And thus missed the participation in the final tournament in Madrid. So the red-white-red team must play in the week after the US Open in Finland to remain in the world group. With a 99.9 percent chance of being number one Dominic Thiem. The residual risk is quite positive: If Thiem went very far with the last major of 2019, there would be little need for discussion again.
Stefan Koubek, the Austrian captain, was in a good mood at a press breakfast in Kitzbühel. And immediately announced the other squad. In addition to Thiem, Dennis Novak, Sebastian Ofner and the Olympic-ready double Oliver Marach and Jürgen Melzer will be there in Finland. The first substitutes are Lucas Miedler and Jurij Rodionov in singles and Philipp Oswald in doubles.