Alex de Minaur, Thanasi Kokkinakis and doubles stars Max Purcell and Matt Ebden led a 3-0 win over Switzerland to put Australia in the Davis Cup finals
Hewitt’s team will return to Malaga for this year’s finalsteam produced a bravura display to sweep Switzerland in a must-win tie and reach the finals. Lleyton Hewitt’s team knew they would guarantee their tickets to the eight-team knock-out finals if they could beat the Swiss 3-0 in Saturday’s final group stage tie in Manchester – and Thanasi Kokkinakis, Alex de Minaur and the doubles pairing of Max Purcell and Matt Ebden duly obliged with scintillating performances.
Hewitt’s key decision – to keep faith in Kokkinakis – paid off handsomely as the Adelaide powerhouse, who had suffered three straight Davis Cup singles defeats, defeated Dominic Stricker 6-3, 7-5 in the opening rubber, which has proved a troublesome launch pad for the captain. Then there was a sense of inevitability about the reunited ‘M & M’ pairing of Ebden and Purcell winning the third straight rubber of their undefeated week, as they outclassed Stricker and Huesler 6-2, 6-4.
“Relief, honestly, after the other day, just pure relief,” sighed Kokkinakis after this key victory. “I’m not going to lie, I was fighting some demons there towards the end,” he added, after Stricker belatedly forged his way back into a contest that Kokkinakis had largely dominated from the start with his excellent serving, including 16 aces, and 21 winning forehands.But Hewitt said his faith in Kokkinakis had never wavered.
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