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 | Alexander Zverev struggled against the 139th in the world3-02-2018 |
Australia and Germany exchanged a one-time win at Brisbane on the first day of the World Cup Davis Cup World Cup, an informal World Men`s Tennis Championship. The first Bundesmaa missile, Alexander Zvezev, gave the visitors a dramatic victory over Alex de Mino with 7:5, 4:6, 4:6, 6:3, 7:6 (4). The world`s fifth ranked Zverev needed almost four hours to break the resistance of the 18-year-old Australian debutant. Dee Mino, 139 in the ATP, led 3:0 in the decisive fifth set, but allowed a reversal.
In the second single Nick Kirios put 21 aces and did not break the success of Jan-Lenard Struff with 6:4, 6:4, 6:4 in 97 minutes and evened the score.
Matthew Ebden and John Pierce will play for the hosts tomorrow, while Tim Peutz and Peter Goyovchik are said to be Germany. The winner of the match between Australia and Germany will play in the quarterfinals from 6 to 8 April against the winning match between the UK and Spain. The Australians have 28 Davis Cup titles, the latter winning in 2003 after a 3:1 victory over Spain in Melbourne, but since then the team has not reached the final of the race, although twice in the previousThree Season Semifinal Game. Germany`s last final was in 1993 when it defeated Australia 4-1 and wins its third trophy in the tournament.