First gallop of the ÖTV team in Innsbruck
“Everyone is highly motivated”, announced ÖTV captain Stefan Koubek before the Davis Cup hit against Serbia – his number one Dennis Novak wants to “knock everything out”.
Austria’s Davis Cup team completed a three-hour training session on the Center Court in the Olympiahalle Innsbruck on Monday evening. “The boys made a good impression, everyone is highly motivated,” said ÖTV captain Stefan Koubek. In the coming days, the observation of the opponents is also on the agenda, at short notice. At the final tournament (LIVE on ServusTV, in the stream & in all apps) on Friday against Serbia with Novak Djokovic, on Sunday Germany is the opponent.
ÖTV leader Novak with battle announcement
Dennis Novak, Jurij Rodionov, Gerald Melzer and the pair Oliver Marach / Philipp Oswald form Austria’s squad. “Indoor-hard is not exactly my preferred combination. But the place here is rather slow, and the balls bounce off quite high. It’s exactly the way I like it,” says Melzer. “The place is fair and on the slow side, the balls pop up relatively quickly,” agreed Novak.
The fact that you have to play “in front of empty stands in the beautiful stadium is very bitter.” But we have to make the best of this situation now. We have been looking forward to this week for a long time and have been waiting for it for more than a year and a half. Now we’re going to do everything we can at this Davis Cup, “promised Novak. (APA / red.)