Aleksandar Vukic will make his Davis Cup debut on Saturday morning when Australia start their 2025 marketing campaign towards Sweden.
, 30 January 2025 | Jackson Mansell
World No.66 Aleksandar Vukic will turn out to be Australia’s 116th Davis Cup consultant when the nation opens its 2025 marketing campaign towards Sweden on Saturday morning.
It provides to a stellar month for the 28-year-old after he loved his career-best run at Melbourne Park. Vukic reached the third spherical at Australian Open 2025 – the oldest Australian man to make his third-round debut in Melbourne since Wayne Arthurs in 2001.
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“Very privileged and particularly to be surrounded by legends of the Australian tennis scene. It’s a really, very massive honour for me,” he stated. “I’ll do my greatest to do my half to symbolize the nation and symbolize everybody there the very best that I can.”
The Sydneysider despatched shockwaves when he upset world No.22 Sebastian Korda within the second spherical of AO 2025. Vukic got here from two units to 1 right down to prevail towards the American.
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He was additionally valiant in his third-round defeat to British No.1 Jack Draper, the place he misplaced in a final-set tiebreak. Nevertheless, regardless of the loss, Vukic left Melbourne Park a cheerful man.
“Lleyton (Hewitt), Rochey (Tony Roche) and Crabby (Jaymon Crabb), they sat me down the day after I misplaced and advised me [that I had been selected for the Davis Cup team], so it sort of softened the blow after shedding that match,” he stated. “It was very good to listen to, and I positively walked out of Melbourne with extra of a smile on my face for certain.”
Vukic was introduced along with his Davis Cup jacket by fellow New South Welshman and four-time Davis Cup champion Ken Rosewall.
“Yeah fairly surreal, wasn’t anticipating it,” Vukic stated on receiving his jacket from the eight-time Grand Slam champion. “For him to be there, particularly another person from Sydney as properly. I used to be telling him I play on his courtroom rather a lot.
“It’s very good to have met him and for him to have introduced that to me.”
After three consecutive finals campaigns, Australia will journey to Sweden for the primary time since 2003, the place Lleyton Hewitt led the aspect to a five-nil whitewash. Now, Hewitt goals to reign victorious as Australian captain.
“I’m very completely happy and assured with the squad and group that I’ve at my disposal. Very pleased with the blokes too to be sincere as a result of they make it a precedence to play for Australia,” he stated.
“It’s not a simple time for us. They’ve had lots of stress and expectations enjoying in Australia and simply straightaway hop on a aircraft and make this a precedence. So, me and my teaching employees are very pleased with the blokes, and it’s going to be a pleasure for me to sit down out on the courtroom with them.”
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