Captain Lleyton Hewitt Ihe lifted the ‘silver salad bowl’ as a player in 2003, beating Spain on grass in Melbourne alongside Mark Philipppoussis, Wayne Arthurs and Todd Woodbridge. They defeated Carlos Moyà, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Àlex Corretja and Feliciano López 3-1.
Australia bounced back in the last 19 years after that victory, where it stopped the counter of 28 ‘salad bowls’ in 47 finals played. He will play in the 48th round on Sunday, at one o’clock in the afternoon, against the best player in the semifinal between Italy and Canada, which will be held this Saturday at 1:00 pm in Martin Carpena from Malaga.
The scenario in which Australia stopped Spain’s butcher’s ambition, Croatia, 3-1. He also did this by judging the double, the point at which the Balkans felt the couple strong Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavicwas recently runner-up at the ATP Finals in Turin.
Hewitt moved the last piece, and it couldn’t have been better. There was no repeat of the Wimbledon doubles final, where the Croats lost in a bitter encounter Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell. The coach decided to leave Ebden, who was admitted jordan thompsonwho played singles against the Netherlands in the quarterfinals.
Despite the duo’s debut, although both had their own experience with other pairs, Parcell and, especially, Thompson responded to Hewitt’s confidence by coming back from Mektic and Pavic 6-7 (3 ), 7-5 and 6-4 in 2h. 14′.
They called two ‘break’ balls in their favour, in the eleventh and seventh games of the second and third sets, respectively. Thompson, the smallest specialist of the four, provided a solid pair in the background.
Australia showed a lot of character, like Lleyton Hewitt. The contest began against the current due Thanasi Kokkinakis lost to Borna Coric by 6-4 and 6-3, but Alex de Minaur gave the first impulse sweeping Marin Cilic 6-2 and 6-2. Purcell and Thompson graduated.
The most successful country after the United States (32 titles) will once again be seen in the final of the Davis Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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