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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Popyrin replaces injured kokkinakis in davis cup finals | Mind Blowing Facts

Alexei Popyrin (2l) has replaced Thanasi Kokkinakis (l) in Australia's Davis Cup Finals squad. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Alexei Popyrin has replaced the luckless Thanasi Kokkinakis in the five-man Australian Davis Cup team ahead of the quarter-finals in Spain this week.

Coming off a career-best year during which he became Australia's second highest-ranked player, 24-year-old Popyrin will join the team as a singles option alongside world No.12 Alex de Minaur.

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