Excellent news. This has got to be a big confidence boost for Backlund. He's never had a lot of swagger to his game, except for the last year and a half or so. Confidence is a tricky thing: Hard to acquire, easy to lose, extremely difficult to get back. Being named to a national team for this kind of showcase tournament has got to feel good, and if he does reasonably well competing against the world's best, that will only lead to good things for him.
Be prepared for a career year from Backlund.
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