Australia defeated Sweden 3-1 to seal a rare home tie in next round as Olympic champions John Peers and Matt Ebden won the doubles 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 6-2
The Australian team , Aleksandar Vukic, Matthew Ebden, Thanasi Kokkinakis, John Peers, team captain Lleyton Hewitt and Alex De Minaur with the Dundees.The Australian team , Aleksandar Vukic, Matthew Ebden, Thanasi Kokkinakis, John Peers, team captain Lleyton Hewitt and Alex De Minaur with the Dundees.
“Belgium and Chile are both super tough teams, so we’re going to watch that tie, but the most important thing is we were all here fighting as a team to get a home tie in September,” said Ebden. The combination of the 37-year-old Ebden, a former world No 1 doubles player, and 36-year-old Peers, once world No 2, had to gel again to subdue the two 30-year-old Swedes.Photograph: Jonas Ekstromer/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP/Getty Images
It just prompted the veteran Aussie partnership to click up a gear, immediately earning the first break of the match on Bergevi’s delivery at the start of the second stanza before really taking control to break both Swedes’ serve in the decider.
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