When Sweden faced Australia in January, Elias Ymer dropped out before the Davis Cup match. This was because he wanted to have his own coach on the tennis court during training, something that conflicted with the team's set rules.
"I and the captain had different views on how my build-up should look. I am sure that with a little flexibility, we could have solved this - it's not really a big deal", Elias Ymer wrote on Instagram at the time.
Prioritizing the competition schedule
This time, the 29-year-old, who is ranked as number 231 in the world, has declined to play when Tunisia awaits at the Partille Arena on September 12-13.
He has chosen to prioritize as good a competition schedule as possible, where many of the competitions take place in Asia during the autumn. He wants to prioritize this to be in as good a position as possible in terms of ranking at the beginning of next year to qualify for the Australian Open, says captain Simon Aspelin.
Aspelin states that it has nothing to do with the disagreements in January.
We have straightened that out, so it has nothing to do with that anymore. We have had an ongoing dialogue during the summer, now he has declined due to this reason.
Have you changed anything about your rules?
We have not made any changes to the rules for this match right now, says Aspelin and continues:
We continuously check in with the players to listen to their wishes so that we can have the best possible leadership team.
On the other hand, little brother Mikael Ymer is in the squad. When Sweden lost to Australia in January, the 26-year-old made a comeback in the DC team after being suspended for 18 months. This was after he missed three residence reports in a year.
"Has not competed"
Recently, however, he has had some injury concerns.
He has not competed for a few weeks. Our hope is that he will be able to start training in a few days and be in good enough shape to be able to train more and more during the next week, and be match-ready, says Simon Aspelin.
Aside from Mikael Ymer (ranked as number 603 in the world) Olle Wallin (414) and Leo Borg (482) as well as the intended doubles pair Erik Grevelius (226-ranked in doubles) and André Göransson (33) have been selected.
The winner of the DC meeting in Partille will play in the first qualifying round in early 2026 in the hunt for a place in the final of the venerable team competition.
