Nick Kyrgios fires Australia into semi-finals of Davis Cup

09 April 2017 05:39

Australia advanced to the semi-finals of the Davis Cup after Nick Kyrgios rallied to beat Sam Querrey in straight sets and secure victory over the United States.

Kyrgios fell into an early 1-4 hole in the first set, but was dominant thereafter on his way to a 7-6 (7/4) 6-3 6-4 victory which put Australia 3-1 up in the tie.

They will advance to face either Belgium or Italy in the semi-finals.

Kyrgios, who is now 6-1 in Cup singles on home soil, gifted the early initiative to Querrey with a pair of double faults.

But the mistakes seemed to fire Kyrgios up and he soon began to punish Querrey with some aggressive tennis.

The Australian comfortably took the second set but there were signs of frustration again in the third as he fell 1-4 behind before responding with five games in a row to secure victory.

Source: PA