Next month, the Japanese players who will participate in the playoffs for the World Group 1 division of the ``Davis Cup'', a men's national tennis competition to be held in Hyogo Prefecture, have been announced. I was.
The Davis Cup is, in principle, a team competition between countries held every year, and Japan, who is in the first division of the World Group, lost to Uzbekistan in September last year. increase.
On the 13th
, Go Soeda, the head coach of this tournament, announced the five members at an online press
conference
.
Kaichi Uchida, ranked 197th , and Tsutomu McLachlan, ranked 70th in the world
in
doubles, were selected.
The playoffs are two days long, with four singles matches and one doubles match, with the first team to win three wins.
Manager Soeda commented on Nishioka, who is expected to play an active role in winning his second tour last year, saying, "Since last year, I've started working with a new coach, and I'm aiming for more aggressive tennis. I'm saying."
Regarding Kei Nishikori, who is out of the tour due to injury, he said, "While I hope that he will return as soon as possible, I do not want him to be injured any more. or?” he said.