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Australian Davis Cup group captain Lleyton Hewitt applauded Jannik Sinner’s efficiency towards his group and his skill to again up what he did a day earlier towards Novak Djokovic. After Matteo Arnaldi beat Alexei Popyrin to offer Italy a 1-0 lead within the Davis Cup remaining, world No 12 Alex de Minaur entered the Sinner match in a must-win mode.
Sadly for Australia, de Minaur stood no likelihood towards Sinner because the Italian beat the Australian 6-3 6-0 and sealed Italy’s win over Australia. On Saturday, Sinner beat Djokovic 6-2 2-6 7-5 to drive a deciding rubber within the Italy and Serbia tie.
Then, Sinner returned to the courtroom for the deciding doubles match as he and Lorenzo Sonego beat Djokovic and Kecmanovic 6-3 6-4.
Hewitt: Sinner backed up what he did towards Djokovic
“Yeah, Jannik, he is performed superior all week.
Yeah, the previous few weeks, to be trustworthy, previous few months. So he confirmed why he is a prime 3 or 4 participant on the earth in the meanwhile. He backed up what he did yesterday towards Novak and performed extraordinarily good tennis. I believe the situations and floor go well with him completely, as properly, which makes life fairly robust,” Hewitt stated after the ultimate loss.
For Australia, it was a heartbreaking finish to what was one other actually good Davis Cup run. After shedding to Canada within the 2022 Davis Cup remaining, Australia returned to the Davis Cup remaining in 2023 however once more ended on the shedding aspect.
in Malaga, Australia was represented by de Minaur, Popyrin, Max Purcell, Jordan Thompson, and Matthew Ebden. Australia perhaps did not win the title however Hewitt underlined that he was “tremendous proud” of your complete group. “I am tremendous pleased with all of the boys and the assist employees and the group. We did completely every part we probably may have, and now we have come agonizingly shut but once more,” Hewitt stated.
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