The opening week of the Australian Open has almost been in the shadow of the harsh words that Hewitt exchanged with Bernard Tomic, and it is unlikely that we will see Tomic, Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis in the Davis Cup squad anytime soon.
Lleyton will announce his team for the Davis Cup Qualifiers round against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Adelaide between February 1-2 on Tuesday, switching his focus to Alex de Minaur, John Millman, Jordan Thompson, Alex Bolt and Alexei Popyrin.
Recalling his Davis Cup days, Philippoussis said they always had different personalities, working on issues on the court and person-to-person instead of exchanging poison arrows between each other on Twitter and through media in general.
Theres always issues because you have different personalities, so thats normal, . Different personalities, when you put them together make a strong team, so its very important to recognize that and youve got to communicate.
In the past, if we had problems or I had an issue with someone, I actually spoke to that person – and only that person. And then one way or another, it was worked out. Simple as that. I think you have to go back to the old school instead and getting on Twitter because youre not going to figure out anything that way.
We had very mixed personalities but we won two Davis Cup trophies, that speaks for itself. We came together well as a team. What made us great was the fact that we were different. Youve got to pick the guys that are playing the best and producing results, he said before nominating Alex de Minaur and John Millman to lead the way with support from Australian Open third-round surprise packets Alexei Popyrini and Alex Bolt.
Its not complicated. Its simple.
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