Australia beat Netherlands in opening Davis Cup Finals

The yellow team took the lead. Jordan Thompson, 4-6, 7-5 and 6-3 victorious Tallon Griekspoor He scored 5-7, 6-3 and 6-4. Alex de Minaur approved Pharmacist Van de Zandschulp.

The stands turned to De Miñaur

Van de Zandschulp (35 in ATP) started the same way as the main manager of the orange team, Van de Zandschulp (35 in ATP), who advanced to the Malaga finals with his flawless performance in the group stage, including a two-set win against American Taylor Fritz. , is very confident in his luck against a De Miñaur (24). did not accept a single broken ball in the first moto.

However, the best game of the Australian player, stiletto tennis, which he could not show as much as he wanted, came to light in the second set. The first break allowed him to row upstream. He closed the set with another ‘break’.

Local people also participated in the match, in which Dutch fans were in the majority in the stands. De Minaur, son of a Uruguayan and Spanish father and receiving cries of support in perfect Spanish, ‘come on Alex’, ‘come on Alex’. Captain, from the bench Lleyton Hewitt He was a constant support.

Van de Zandschulp went into the net and easily outstripped the Australian several times, but De Minaur was not intimidated. The fight lasted until 4-4The Dutchman reversed on the ball and mastered the parallels, but was unable to convert the ‘breaking’ points.

De Minaur -not an ‘ace’ in the entire game- He had to beat the rest. Although his opponent cooperated selflessly, he made a couple mistakes and several mistakes that punished the draw.

The Australian thus extended a spectacular winning streak at Davis. They have won nine of the last ten games.

Thompson more or less against Griekspoor

Earlier, in the shootout that opened the runway, jordan thompson went from less to more before Tallon Griekspoor After dominating the first set and trying in vain not to lose the second, he finally got exhausted.

Two players took a break to start, but in the early stages Griekspoor was perceived as more willing to attack and ready to march. deep right hand that gives him a lot of income.

Dutch defeated White 3-2, He took advantage of the ups and downs with Thompson’s serve, who is 84 of the ATP and has never met. The first set fell on the Europeans’ side after 43 minutes.

3-3 in the second set closest game ever played, With seven draws and a lead situation before Thompson managed to hold his serve.

The conflict entered its closest phase because the Australian found his service – he ended the conflict. 16 direct points– and Griekspoor realized that it was getting harder and harder to hold hers. 6-5 and at rest, Thompson took his last chance to avoid a tiebreak and secured the third set.

Inside, the balance was maintained until 3-2 when the Sydney player took the break that would become the final. He was physically fitter than his opponent, who lost in precision and won in mistakes. The right hands, which had previously licked the ropes, began to fall into the wasteland. fighting until the last moment, His last serve was empty before he gave Australia the first point.

“Probably the best environment I’ve ever played”Griekspoor said that after his defeat, with the continued support of hundreds of orange fans, there was an audience of ten who also encouraged their opponents when they deserved it.

No need for couples

Australia’s 2-0 win prevented one of the most attractive doubles matches to be played today, the match that will measure the Australians. matthew ebden Y Max Purcellreigning Wimbledon champions and the Dutch wesley koolhoff Y Matwe MiddelkoopThe first available number one in the world.

Together with the Netherlands, they were the only team in these finals Canadawho have never won salad bowl.

Australia’s opponent in the semi-finals will be out of the way on Wednesday. Spain and Croatia.