Alex de Minaur is the toast of Australian tennis after his spectacular Houdini act helped deliver the Davis Cup team from the brink of defeat and straight into the semi-finals in Malaga.
Even Matt Ebden and Max Purcell, the world-beating doubles team who finally sealed the wholly unlikely 2-1 comeback win over the Czech Republic in Wednesday's quarter-final, recognised the real hero of the hour.
"I've never seen anything like it, live," said Ebden.
