Czech men’s tennis team preparing for Davis Cup encounter Down Under

The Czech Republic’s men’s tennis team trained on the centre court at Melbourne’s Kooyong Club for the first time on Tuesday ahead of this weekend’s Davis Cup first round tie with Australia. Non-playing captain Jaroslav Navrátil say he plans to select Jiří Veselý and the Davis Cup debutant Jan Šátral, who is 26, for the opening doubles rubber on Friday. In the absences of names such as Tomáš Berdych, Lukáš Rosol and Adam Pavlásek, the remainder of the Czech team will comprise veteran Radek Štěpánek and Zdeněk Kolář, who is 20.

Author: Ian Willoughby