Sydney, Feb 05: Wimbledon finalist Mark Philippoussis will play Thomas Enqvist in tomorrow's opening match of the Davis Cup world group tie between Australia and Sweden.
Australia are strong favourites to take the tie after winning the cup last year but their non-playing captain John Fitzgerald is worried his players have not had a long enough rest.
''It's an early start to the new year after we played the final in the last few days of November and now we have to play in early February,'' Fitzgerald told a news conference in Adelaide.
''It's difficult but we need to dig down and draw on the character of the players in the team to start afresh.''


Bureau Report