Spain, Japan and Australia took 2-0 leads in their Davis Cup World Group playoffs on Friday, although Rafael Nadal was a late withdrawal from his scheduled opening singles match in New Delhi.
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Peers and Groth were taken to four sets by the Slovak pair of Andrej Martin and Igor Zelenay after holding a match point at 5-2 in the third set.
Nick Kyrgios barely raised a sweat to give Australia the ideal start to the Davis Cup world group play-off against Slovakia in Sydney on Friday.
Australia only needed one more win after Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic won their opening day singles in straight sets on Friday.
Tomic said he was looking forward to teaming up with Kyrgios, his sometime doubles partner with whom he had a falling-out over the Davis Cup earlier this year.
But Tomic and Kyrgios have since settled their differences and have pledged to help Australia rise up the ranks to challenge for the Davis Cup in the next couple of years.
“I say it all the time but tennis is such an individual sport, and a lot of these boys do hit at regular tournaments but you’re anxious about doing drills just to help your game, whereas when you come together we structure all the sessions to get the best for everyone”.
“I think he’s playing the All-Star game next year in the States. hopefully he can score a few points”. We were in the semi-finals against the United Kingdom and we had a chance there.
“Everyone expects me to go out there and towel the guy but it’s never as easy as that”.
Nick kyrgios the best season of his career, winning two titles this year in Marseille and Atlanta, won 37 matches in a season, already beating its previous record of 9 wins and can further increase your score before the end of the year.
Mitton said her previous experience in Sydney was awesome and hopes the Davis Cup tie can provide more great memories.
After suffering a shock loss to world No.115 Aleksandr Nedovyesov in Darwin, then-Australian captain Wally Masur replaced the temperamental youngster with Sam Groth for the must-win reverse singles.
“It’s been quite a while now since we’ve had an opportunity to play in a final and I know from experience I’d love these boys to have that experience of going out there and playing for Australia”.
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Hoping to win the Davis Cup for the first time since 2003, Australia will learn who they face in the first round next year following Tuesday’s draw in London.
