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Lleyton Hewitt has hailed the “perfect day” for Australia’s soaring tennis men as they moved to the verge of another crack at Davis Cup finals glory by outclassing an injury and illness-decimated Czech team 3-0 in Valencia. Their second qualifying group victory in three days on Thursday, after the far harder-fought 2-1 win over France at the Spanish venue, almost guarantees Australia will get the chance to again shoot for victory in the eight-team finals week in Malaga.
2 singles spot, had already come up trumps once more on the indoor hard court, maturely handling the erratic firepower of rising teenage star Jakub Mensik in an impressive 6-2 6-7 6-3 victory. “Thanasi did great, played fantastic. He had a small hiccup, getting broken when serving for the match in the second set, but it was how he responded when challenged, which was so impressive to me,” said Hewitt. “That’s going to give him the world of belief in himself under that kind of pressure.
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