Hosts win 30-minute tie-break in decisive doubles tieAustralia secure 2-1 win to advance to semi-finalsDan Evans won the match of his life in
Sydney on Thursday, beating Alex de Minaur 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), but on a day of fever-pitch tennis, it was not enough to lever Great
Britain into the semi-finals of the inaugural ATP Cup.
After Evans had levelled the tie at one-all, the
Australian captain, Lleyton Hewitt, gambled on a last-minute switch in the deciding doubles and sent out leg-weary de Minaur and Nick Kyrgios to play together for the first time, replacing John Peers and Chris Guccione, and they repaid his faith by beating Jamie Murray and Joe
Salisbury, themselves a doubles item for only the fourth time, 3-6, 6-3 (18-16).