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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Davis cup hero kokkinakis repays then lauds hewitt - Caught on Camera

Thanasi Kokkinakis Lleyton Hewitt Davis Cup Jannik Sinner Jordan Thompson Alexei Popyrin Ben Shelton Australia De Minaur Italy

Humble hero Thanasi Kokkinakis is hailing Lleyton Hewitt as "the best coach in the world" after the injury-plagued talent answered a courageous captain's call with a Davis Cup win for the ages in Spain.

Kokkinakis held his nerve to fend off four match points and mercurial American grand slam semi-finalist Ben Shelton to prevail 6-1 4-6 7-6 (16-14) in one of the longest tiebreakers in Davis Cup history.

The epic victory, which came on his seventh match point, gave Australia a vital 1-0 lead in the quarter-final tie in Malaga after Hewitt surprisingly thrust Kokkinakis into the opening rubber ahead of the in-form and higher-ranked Alexei Popyrin and Jordan Thompson.

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