Which is good news for Serbia as they host a young Russian side in a World Group first round tie in Nis. "But the Russians have a young and motivated team, therefore we have to take them very seriously," added the 12-times grand slam champion who opens against Daniil Medvedev. Britain, 2015 champions, are without world number one Andy Murray and Canada are missing Milos Raonic. Understandably, considering his magical exploits in winning an 18th grand slam title in Australia at the age of 35, Roger Federer will not feature for Switzerland in the U.S. while the visitors are also without Stan Wawrinka. World number 15 Kyrgios lines up for Australia against the Czech Republic in Melbourne where he will hope for a warmer reception.

Source: India Today February 03, 2017 03:11 UTC