The Australian Davis Cup chase is again on observe after Alex de Minaur “delivered” in a come-from-behind victory within the must-win second pool match in opposition to France in Manchester.
Australia’s world No.12 steamrolled France’s Ugo Humbert in straight units after Max Purcell, elevated to the singles after Thanasi Kokkinakis’ opening day defeat, misplaced his conflict with Adrian Mannarino.
Purcell then went once more within the doubles, linking up with Matthew Ebden to take down Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Nicolas Mahut in straight units to clinch the tie for Australia.
A loss would have ended any likelihood of development to the Davis Cup finals in Spain in November, and after additionally tasting defeat within the first spherical loss to the UK, de Minaur mentioned he didn’t wish to let his nation down once more.
“A bit of redemption for sure. I haven‘t had too many days like yesterday,” he mentioned.
“I’ve normally delivered when I’ve put on the green and gold, so I’m happy I was able to reset from yesterday and deliver a must-win match.
“I didn’t do anything extraordinary; the only thing I did was keep us alive.”
The high two finishers in every pool progress to the finals and Australia must beat Switzerland in its closing round-robin tie on Saturday.
Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt praised his group’s capability to face up to the stress of a must-win conflict.
“Our backs were against the wall, but we dug deep and we’re hanging in there,” Hewitt mentioned.
“Alex, bloody impressive again today.
“To come from one down, he’s done it plenty of times, but that match was really high quality, and then the boys played a great doubles.”
Source: www.news.com.au
