Cheeky Kyrgios 'guarantee' for Djokovic rematch

Nick Kyrgios has fixed a ringing endorsement to innovative caller teams tournaments arsenic helium prepares for a mouthwatering rematch with Novak Djokovic connected Thursday (AEDT).

The Australian showman is the header enactment for the Eagles squad successful the inaugural World Tennis League which starts successful Dubai connected Tuesday (AEDT).

Kyrgios volition besides play singles matches against Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alexander Zverev portion his teammates see Caroline Garcia, Bianca Andreescu, Rohan Bopanna and Andreas Seppi.

Watch Nick Kyrgios, Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek successful the World Tennis League successful Dubai from December 20-25. Streaming ad-free and unrecorded connected Stan Sport

Eighteen players were past period drawn into 4 teams which volition contention a circular robin earlier the apical 2 squads quadrate disconnected successful the last connected Christmas Day (AEDT).

While the 2 person go friendly, Kyrgios is people keen to nonstop immoderate revenge for his nonaccomplishment to Djokovic successful the Wimbledon final.

"The squad that has my oculus is decidedly Novak and the Falcons," Kyrgios said.

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"I can't hold to travel up against them and I tin warrant an Eagles win. I thrive and person truthful overmuch amusive successful a squad environment. An lawsuit similar this for the fans is truthful important.

"We person instrumentality interactions, the quality to spot pistillate and antheral athletes travel unneurotic and execute something, is truly really cool."

The six time tourney besides includes women's singles and mixed doubles.

The caller format volition beryllium followed by the inaugural United Cup successful Australia betwixt December 29 and January 8.

That tourney volition besides diagnostic mixed sex teams with Australia set to play excavation matches against Great Britain and Spain astatine Sydney's Ken Rosewall Arena.

It raises the imaginable of Kyrgios playing mixed doubles with erstwhile woman Ajla Tomljanovic.

Ajla Tomljanovic and Nick Kyrgios of Australia. (Getty)

"I don't play truthful overmuch mixed doubles anymore but what I emotion astir mixed doubles is it's for the fans," Kyrgios said.

"That's the astir important thing. Seeing immoderate of the champion females successful the satellite playing with the champion males, it decidedly provides immoderate truly bully entertainment, however the antheral benignant of lets the pistillate bash her happening connected the tribunal and not get successful the way.

"That's amusive to watch."

WORLD TENNIS LEAGUE TEAMS

Eagles: Nick Kyrgios, Caroline Garcia, Bianca Andreescu, Rohan Bopanna, Andreas Seppi

Falcons: Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka, Grigor Dimitrov, Paula Badosa

Hawks: Alexander Zverev, Elena Rybakina, Dominic Thiem, Anett Kontaveit

Kites: Felix Auger-Aliassime, Iga Swiatek, Holger Rune, Sania Mirza, Eugenie Bouchard

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