Hopman Cup tournament director Paul Kilderry believes Nick Kyrgios has taken a positive step towards winning over the Australian public after his efforts in Perth last week.
More than 96,000 fans attended Perth Arena for the tournament that ended with the combination of Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova claiming Australia's first Hopman Cup in 17 years.
Kilderry said he would be delighted to invite the pair to defend their title based on their efforts on and off the court this week, saying they engaged strongly with fans and created significant interest in the 28th edition of the tournament. 
"We will certainly be talking to them. They were both great," he said. "Dasha, to become an Australian at the end of   November, I knew people would love watching her play because you see that wherever she goes. She is bubbly. She is a competitor.
"Nick came in (and) he did everything we asked of him all week. "He treated everybody with great respect - and played exceptional tennis. "We could not have asked for more. As the week went on, you could see people really warming to him.
"It has been great for us but I also think he has enjoyed the week and also created a lot of goodwill in the community." At a staff party on Saturday night, Hopman Cup general manager Geoff Quinlan said he was delighted with an increase in attendance from last year in what has been a difficult week in the west given the devastating bushfires south of Perth.
From a tournament perspective, the knee injury that ruined Serena Williams's participation in the event was also unfortunate, with Kilderry saying she was bitterly disappointed.
"She hasn't played a competitive match since the US Open and she has the Australian Open next week and I know she was desperate to get out on the court," he said.
"If the Australian Open wasn't so close, she probably wouldn't have even tried to get out on court, so I know she was bitterly disappointed." Frenchman Gael Monfils once again pulled out of the tournament shortly before its start, placing Kilderry in a tricky situation.
He was fortunate to be able to land the Frenchman Kenny de Schepper, though he was outclassed in singles play, and also that American Vicky Duval could step in as a replacement for Williams.
Both the ATP and WTA Tours have tightened regulations, effectively precluding any player who has entered a tournament, or qualifying, from opting to start elsewhere that week.
Kilderry plans to discuss the situation with both tours.
"Obviously players have to enter events a long way in advance, like they agree to play in the Hopman Cup and once they are entered into events, they can't change at the last minute, so it does make it difficult to replace players," he said.
But he was delighted with the quality of play, with several matches decided in a super tiebreaker in the mixed doubles, including the rubber Australia needed to win over France on Friday night to reach the final.
"You would see players bitterly disappointed at losing and ecstatic at winning and it highlighted why the Hopman Cup is a great event.
"There was real passion playing for their countries," he said.Kilderry felt the gamble to play two Australian sides in the competition, which provoked criticism and disquiet in some areas, had proven "tremendous" but would not commit to continuing the idea in 2017.