Thanasi Kokkinakis,Alex de Minaur,Max Purcell and Matt Ebden delivered scintillating performances against the Swiss to send Australia into the eight-team knock-out finals.
Matt Ebden and Max Purcell’s doubles triumph in Manchester ensured the Australians now have more than a fighting chance of again making the finals in November.
Alex de Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis were both defeated as an inspired British team banked a 2-1 victory over Australia in their Davis Cup Finals group stage clash.
Australian tennis great Ken Rosewall is the oldest man to win a major but is unfazed if that record slips from his grasp as he compares the game he played to the one he watches now.
De Minaur,who takes on Novak Djokovic in the fourth round on Monday night,has drawn plenty of comparisons to Hewitt throughout his career. The Aussie legend can see why.
Daniel Andrews’ government has vowed to keep the Open in Melbourne,but the premier was not about to break his holiday to see Melbourne Park in full swing.
Lleyton Hewitt was involved in the latest match ever played at the Australian Open,a five-set thriller against Greek Marcos Baghdatis in 2008 that didn’t finish until 4.34am.
There’s a far greater problem than this perception of a clash between Nick and Lleyton. Players have identified Davis Cup doesn’t have the excitement it once did.
Ahead of the Australian Open,we nominate the top 10 singles finals since the move to Melbourne Park. Today we go back to 1988,when Pat Cash came within points of becoming the first Australian man since 1976 to claim his home title.
The brand bonanza that is the Australian Open is here.
Jessica Pegula stopped her United Cup press conference after beating world No.1 Iga Swiatek to read out an “inspirational” message sent by US teammate Frances Tiafoe.