Australia defeats Croatia in the Davis Cup to get to the final for the first time since 2003.
Australia defeats Croatia in the Davis Cup to get to the final for the first time since 2003. For the first time since 2003, Australia will compete in the Davis Cup final; the match was decided by the doubles, which Australia won 2-1; the Davis Cup final will be played on Sunday.
With a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis in the first singles rubber, Borna Coric gave Croatia the advantage. The 26-year-old blasted 19 winners and only nine unforced errors during the match. However, to draw the match and set up a decisive doubles rubber, Australian No. 1 Alex de Minaur defeated former US Open champion Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-2 in just 44 minutes.
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And it was Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson of Australia who maintained their composure and defeated Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic by scores of 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4 in two hours and 14 minutes after coming back from a set down. Moments before the match, Australia’s captain Lleyton Hewitt substituted Thompson for Matthew Ebden. Ebden and Purcell won the Wimbledon doubles championship by defeating Pavic and Mektic, the defending champions, in the All-England Club final. And it was Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson of Australia who maintained their composure and defeated Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic by scores of 6-7 (3), 7-5, and 6-4 in two hours and fourteen minutes.
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Moments before the match, Australia’s captain Lleyton Hewitt substituted Thompson for Matthew Ebden. Ebden and Purcell won the Wimbledon doubles championship by defeating Pavic and Mektic, the defending champions, in the All-England Club final. Although Purcell and Thompson never faltered and broke for a 6-5 lead in the first set, the Czech couple picked up their game and easily won the tiebreaker.second frame and held serve to demand a third, decisive set. With a 4-3 advantage. Purcell and Thompson broke once more. And it was all the cushion they required to win their next two service games and advance Australia toheld serve to demand a third, decisive set. In the opening match on Wednesday, Borna Coric defeated Roberto Bautista Agut with a score of 6-4 7-6 (7-4) after serving out 12 aces and fending off his sole break point.
Source: skysports
