Australia beats Croatia to make Davis Cup final as Nick Kyrgios commits to Saudi Arabia tournament.
After more heroics from Alex de Minaur had pulled Lleyton Hewitt's team back from the brink with his consummate tie-levelling singles win over Marin Cilic, Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell beat the Olympic doubles champions to seal an exhilarating 2-1 semi-final win in Malaga.
Another break at the start of the second set enabled de Minaur to maintain his grip and Cilic looked beaten even before a 10th double fault of his sorry day helped consign the former US Open champ to the double break as the Australian raced to victory.
Hungry to kick on, Nick Kyrgios is heading to Saudi Arabia intent on gaining a "head start" on his rivals ahead of his latest grand slam title push in Melbourne.
In addition to his charge to a maiden grand slam final on London's hallowed grass courts, Kyrgios also made the US Open quarter-finals, claimed a seventh career title in Washington and carved out a 37-10 win-loss record.
The 27-year-old Australian No.1 is at last starting to fulfill his potential and is determined to break his grand slam duck in 2023.
An unseeded second-round loser to the top-ranked Medvedev this year, the new and improved Kyrgios will be among the favourites when he returns for his 10th Australian Open tilt from January 16-29.
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