Awaiting Italy, should they win in the quarter-finals against Argentina starting at 5:00 PM, will be Australia, last year's finalists defeated by the Italians to claim the Davis Cup after 46 years. They defeated the United States after three matches in what was also the clash between the two nations with the most Davis Cup victories. In the first match, Thanasi Kokkinakis, ranked 77th in the world, overcame Ben Shelton, 21st, (1-6, 6-4, 6-7) leveraging his greater experience in this type of competition.
Taylor Fritz leveled the score by defeating Alex de Minaur with a decisive 6-3, 6-4. The doubles match was crucial. Ben Shelton returned to the court with Tommy Paul, but they were defeated, in a match filled with many errors, by the Australian pair of Matthew Ebden and Jordan Thompson.
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