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Australia’s hopes of reaching the Davis Cup final have been dealt an early blow after Thanasi Kokkinakis lost out in a tight three-set battle to Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in Spain. Kokkinakis was instrumental in giving Australia an early lead in their quarter-final victory over the US on Friday when he overcame big-serving American Ben Shelton […]
“I don’t know if I’ve been that pumped up in my life. I wanted that for my team,” said Kokkinakis, after finally prevailing on his seventh match point in the marathon 30-point breaker. “It could have gone either way, but I kept my nerve.” Hewitt reckoned it hadn’t been a gamble to play Kokkinakis, even […]