Battler still up for fight

FRIDAY marks the 15th anniversary of Australia’s last Davis Cup final triumph and Lleyton Hewitt is vowing his team has the chance to win another – in whatever format the competition is played.

Australian tennis’ greatest modern-day Davis Cup warrior has been a vocal opponent of the radical overhaul of the century-old teams’ event.

For the first time in 119 years, the 2019 Davis Cup will climax with a season-ending 18-team event in Madrid.

Runner’s up last week in this year’s final to Croatia, the French are threatening to boycott the event in protest to the changes implemented.

Hewitt won’t stoop to such drastic measures and is pledging to stay on as captain.