Alex de Minaur and Aleksandar Vukic secured a 2-0 lead for Australia in their Davis Cup qualifying tie against Sweden, putting them in a strong position to advance to the second round. De Minaur defeated Mikael Ymer in straight sets, while Vukic outplayed Leo Borg, son of tennis legend Bjorn Borg, in another convincing victory.
Trusty Davis Cup old hand Alex de Minaur and late-blooming new boy Aleksandar Vukic have put Australia well on the road to victory in their first-round qualifying tie against Sweden in Stockholm. World No.8 de Minaur, in his first outing since his Australian Open quarter-final drubbing by Jannik Sinner, had to subdue comeback man Mikael Ymer before running away to a 7-5 6-1 victory on Friday .
The 26-year-old matched de Minaur shot for shot in the opening set - one rally won by the Australian went on for 41 strokes - with neither man earning even the sniff of a break in the first 10 games. But de Minaur stepped up perfectly, reeling off eight straight points with relentless deep hitting to take the 51-minute set and two more points immediately at the start of the second to set up another break.
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