MELBOURNE, Australia — It will be the United States versus Australia in the first round of Davis Cup this week at Kooyong Stadium.
Nostalgia will be obligatory, even if the brash young Australian star Nick Kyrgios does not yet seem much like the nostalgic type.
Jim Courier, the United States’ Davis Cup captain, said: “I think the guys will feel the ghosts. I’ll push a few buttons with our guys and see what registers. But I don’t think, when you walk into Kooyong, you can avoid the history, don’t think you can ignore it. It’s a big part of why we’re there.