Alex de Minaur and his Davis Cup teammates will face an awkward trip to play Ecuador straight after the Australian Open as they seek to reignite their bid to lift the 'World Cup of men's tennis'.
And if Lleyton Hewitt's men can negotiate that tricky clay-court assignment, there's a prospect of a mouth-watering second-round 'tennis Ashes' tie in Australia in September should Great Britain win in Norway in their first-round clash.
