Tennis powerhouses and high-profile personalities Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic will meet in a ticketed exhibition match on the eve of the Australian Open.
However, Tiley said he has confidence the Australian sporting public will now support and celebrate the international champion.
“I’m excited by the fact that we’ve got all the players here. Novak is back, he’d be able to compete in front of the fans. And I’m pretty confident that the fans of Melbourne, similar to the experience that he had in Adelaide, will be just as good.”this summer and said his opponent was one of the reasons he plays the game.
“While Novak and Rafa [Rafael Nadal] are still around, we need these types of players ...We want to see the best players in the world there. Me being a competitor, I want to see Novak there.” “I’ve sat down with Novak a few times already during the course of the year. We’ve been in touch, and we’ve spoken a fair bit over the past week,” he said.
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