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Rebecca Sramkova leads Slovakia to the semifinals of the BJKC 2024. Source: Getty

BJKC 2024. Slovakia pulls off a surprise by reaching the semifinals

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Cases like Slovakia are the most beautiful aspect of these competitions, where a team with only one player in the top 100 of the world ranking reaches the semifinals to everyone's surprise. This morning they secured an impressive victory at the Billie Jean King Cup, overcoming Australia without needing a third match. Thanks to Hruncakova's wins over Birrell (7-5, 6-7, 6-3) and Sramkova's victory against Tomljanovic (6-1, 6-2), the Slovak team will be in the Final4 bracket, awaiting the winner between Canada and Great Britain.

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Lleyton Hewitt.

Hewitt attacks the Davis Cup format again: "It's stupid"

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Lleyton Hewitt is not the biggest fan of the new format of the 2024 Davis Cup. Since Kosmos revolutionized the event's structure through Federation votes, the Australian has positioned himself as one of the main detractors of the new Davis Cup, despite always leading Australia to great performances in events like last year's final. This season, they also managed to qualify for Málaga without their number one player, Alex de Miñaur, but even that doesn't exempt the group stage from receiving criticism from an quite upset Lleyton.

"We had several of our guys practically shattered this week, things only our dressing room knows. It would have been very easy for some of my guys not to come here this week, but they did, they put on the green and gold and did everything I asked of them. I am very proud of them. It's not easy to ask the players to compete two days after a Grand Slam ends. In the old format, I also had to do it, but you had until Friday to rest; now you have to play on Tuesday, it's ridiculous. But that's the stupid part of this format, right? I can keep saying it, but the format is what it is, and we will do what we have to do to progress and give ourselves the opportunity to lift the title," stated the Australian after qualifying for the quarterfinals.

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Alex de Minaur Davis Cup 2023. Photo: Getty

Alex de Minaur, important absence among the nominated Australian players in the Final 8 in Malaga

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The teams that will participate in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup have already announced the lists of their selected players, and Australia will be one of the countries present in Málaga. However, the Australian team will not have their top star, as Alex de Miñaur is not on that initial list. Alexei Popyrin, Jordan Thompson, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Max Purcell, and Matthew Ebden are the ones who will indeed attend the event in November. Will there be any modifications until then?

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Thanasi Kokkinakis celebrates his victory today.

Davis Cup 2024: Australia continues unstoppable and blanks the Czech Republic

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Australia is always one of the most competitive nations in all team events in the tennis world. Regardless of the number of stars or the depth of their roster, the Australians transform when they put on the national team jersey. Without Alex de Miñaur as the star, Lleyton Hewitt's players already have two victories in Valencia; today they overcame a heavily depleted Czech Republic, with Tomas Machac retiring after one set in his match against Popyrin, leading to a victory in which Thanasi Kokkinakis (6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3 over Jakub Mensik) and Ebden/Purcell in doubles (6-4, 6-2 over Mensik/Pavlasek) also contributed.

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Rebecca Sramkova leads Slovakia to the semifinals of the BJKC 2024. Source: Getty

BJKC 2024. Slovakia pulls off a surprise by reaching the semifinals

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Cases like Slovakia are the most beautiful aspect of these competitions, where a team with only one player in the top 100 of the world ranking reaches the semifinals to everyone's surprise. This morning they secured an impressive victory at the Billie Jean King Cup, overcoming Australia without needing a third match. Thanks to Hruncakova's wins over Birrell (7-5, 6-7, 6-3) and Sramkova's victory against Tomljanovic (6-1, 6-2), the Slovak team will be in the Final4 bracket, awaiting the winner between Canada and Great Britain.

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Alex de Minaur Davis Cup 2023. Photo: Getty

Alex de Minaur, important absence among the nominated Australian players in the Final 8 in Malaga

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The teams that will participate in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup have already announced the lists of their selected players, and Australia will be one of the countries present in Málaga. However, the Australian team will not have their top star, as Alex de Miñaur is not on that initial list. Alexei Popyrin, Jordan Thompson, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Max Purcell, and Matthew Ebden are the ones who will indeed attend the event in November. Will there be any modifications until then?

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Lleyton Hewitt.

Hewitt attacks the Davis Cup format again: "It's stupid"

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Lleyton Hewitt is not the biggest fan of the new format of the 2024 Davis Cup. Since Kosmos revolutionized the event's structure through Federation votes, the Australian has positioned himself as one of the main detractors of the new Davis Cup, despite always leading Australia to great performances in events like last year's final. This season, they also managed to qualify for Málaga without their number one player, Alex de Miñaur, but even that doesn't exempt the group stage from receiving criticism from an quite upset Lleyton.

"We had several of our guys practically shattered this week, things only our dressing room knows. It would have been very easy for some of my guys not to come here this week, but they did, they put on the green and gold and did everything I asked of them. I am very proud of them. It's not easy to ask the players to compete two days after a Grand Slam ends. In the old format, I also had to do it, but you had until Friday to rest; now you have to play on Tuesday, it's ridiculous. But that's the stupid part of this format, right? I can keep saying it, but the format is what it is, and we will do what we have to do to progress and give ourselves the opportunity to lift the title," stated the Australian after qualifying for the quarterfinals.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Hewitt vuelve a arremeter contra el formato de la Davis: "Es una estupidez"

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Thanasi Kokkinakis celebrates his victory today.

Davis Cup 2024: Australia continues unstoppable and blanks the Czech Republic

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Australia is always one of the most competitive nations in all team events in the tennis world. Regardless of the number of stars or the depth of their roster, the Australians transform when they put on the national team jersey. Without Alex de Miñaur as the star, Lleyton Hewitt's players already have two victories in Valencia; today they overcame a heavily depleted Czech Republic, with Tomas Machac retiring after one set in his match against Popyrin, leading to a victory in which Thanasi Kokkinakis (6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3 over Jakub Mensik) and Ebden/Purcell in doubles (6-4, 6-2 over Mensik/Pavlasek) also contributed.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Copa Davis 2024: Australia sigue imparable y deja a cero a República Checa

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