Australia's battling tennis men have defied the odds, with a makeshift doubles pairing steering them to victory over Croatia and into their first Davis Cup final in 19 years on a nerve-shredding evening in Spain.
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.
