{"id":898819,"date":"2026-09-20T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/898819\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T11:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T11:00:12","slug":"alex-de-minaur-fires-as-aussie-pair-completes-3-1-davis-cup-victory-over-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/898819\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex de Minaur fires as Aussie pair completes 3-1 Davis Cup victory over Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tell us about your experience. <\/p>\n

Alex de Minaur has returned to form to seal Australia’s Davis Cup progression, with the hosts beating Poland 3-1 in Brisbane also thanks to some earlier doubles brilliance.<\/p>\n

The world No.9 found top gear on Sunday at Pat Rafter Arena, beating Kamil Majchrzak 6-3 6-3 to clinch a 3-1 result that sends Australia into the Cup’s penultimate round next year.<\/p>\n

With his backhand and serve firing, de Minaur followed up his 57-minute annihilation of Maks Kasnikowski on Saturday with another therapeutic response to a disappointing second-round US Open exit earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Max Purcell’s scintillating tiebreak tennis alongside rock-solid Rinky Hijikata swung their doubles match, and the tie, in Australia’s favour.<\/p>\n

The pair’s 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 defeat of Jan Zielinski and Karol Drzewiecki followed the win and the loss posted in singles by de Minaur and James Duckworth respectively on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Purcell, on the comeback from a controversial 18-month anti-doping ban, turned the match on its head after a tight first set progressed to an inevitable tie break.<\/p>\n

He drilled a backhand return to win the opening point on the Polish serve, then produced a pair of aces to shoot the hosts clear 3-0.<\/p>\n

De Minaur wins Davis Cup opener<\/a><\/p>\n

After a long and winding road to Brisbane in 2026, Alex de Minaur rides a partisan home crowd to an impressive victory in the first rubber of Australia’s Davis Cup tie against Poland.<\/p>\n

An unforced error from Poland was followed by two more Purcell winners, and he then held his nerve on a series of low volleys to eventually clinch the set.<\/p>\n

Hijikata then held impressively and, after missing two break-point chances, nailed a forehand return to nab the match’s only service break.<\/p>\n

That was all Australia needed, with the composed pair energising the sold-out Pat Rafter Arena to secure a pressure-relieving victory in 77 minutes.<\/p>\n

Australia’s win followed a shock loss on the road to Ecuador earlier this year that plunged it into the must-win encounter against Poland.<\/p>\n

The Aussies still need to win next year’s qualifying round, against an opponent still to be decided, to progress to the finals in Italy in November, 2027.<\/p>\n

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