Without him injured Stefanos Tsitsipas and so with a very difficult task the National tennis team will line up in the matches against Serbia in Belgrade for the World Group I of Davis Cup.
“We are without Stefanos, who has a back problem, so we will try to enjoy it and gain experience“, said Dimitris Hatzinikolaou at the press conference. “Of course, Serbia is the big favorite and our plan is to enjoy the weekend. We are not particularly interested in the result, because we have at our disposal new players with a better ranking close to #700“, he added.
The Greek team is expected to compete with them Aristoteli Thanos, Yannis Xylas, Dimitris Azoidis and Petros Tsitsipas. In addition to the absence of Stefanos Tsitsipas, who announced that he will not travel to Serbia due to injury, the No. 2 Greek tennis player, Stefanos Sakellaridis, and Alexandros Skorilas, who has retired from active action earlier in the season, will not compete.
The Serbian mission will be led by Novak Djokovicwhile also including Miomir Kecsmanovic, Dusan Lajovtis, Hamad Mejedovic and Marko Maksimovic. Laszlo Dzere will be out due to injury.
The draw is scheduled for September 13, when the pairings of the first day 1 will be announced, while the matches will be held at “Aleksandar Nikolic”.
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