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.
Both Buckingham Palace and the government made clear they felt that while costs needed to be kept down, explore Montreal the event was also both an historic occasion and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to showcase ‘UK plc' on a global stage.
After becoming the first Australian since now-Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt in 2005 to reach three consecutive grand slam quarter-finals, the 25-year-old had the honour of hitting with Nadal ahead of the former world No.1's final tournament this week.
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