The double generated by Ellen Perez and Storm Hunter was imposed on the compound by Anna Danilina and Yulia Putintseva by 6-1, 4-6 and 10-5 and gave victory to Australia in the confrontation against Kazakhstanof Group B of the Davis Cup finals.
The win, sealed in 76 minutes, kept alive the hopes of an Oceanic team seeking to reach a fourth straight semifinal in the tournament. The Australian team, which lost on Tuesday against Slovenia also by 1-2, balanced its situation and was left in the hands of what happens on the final day of the group, scheduled for Friday, in between Kazakhstan and Slovenia.
The seven-time champion and finalist team did not start well in the last edition. But the victories of the doubles and his number two, Storm Hunterthey changed their situation.
The session at the stadium The Charterhouse began with the triumph of Hunter about Anna Danilina by 7-6(2) and 6-4 but eventually, the Kazakh team, in action on Thursday, leveled the head to head. Yulia Putintseva defeated Kimberly Birrell 6-0, 7-5.
Everything was left in the hands of the doubles match where Perez and Hunter, experts in this modality, defeated the Kazakhstan team that on Friday aimed to reach the first semifinals in its history in the tournament, in the duel against Slovenia.
Source: La Verdad
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