Davis Cup 2020: John Millman beats Thiago Monteiro in decider as Australia advance to Finals with tight win over Brazil

Adelaide: Australia has advanced to the Davis Cup Finals in November with a tight 3-1 win over Brazil on hard courts at the Memorial Drive tennis centre on Saturday. [caption id=“attachment_5111371” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File image of John Millman. AFP[/caption] John Millman beat Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro 6-7, (6), 7-6 (3) 7-6 (3) in the deciding match. Millman took the court after Australia’s doubles team of James Duckworth and John Peers lost to Brazil’s Marcelo Demoliner and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (6). On Friday, Millman came from a set and break down to beat Thiago Seyboth Wild 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2 to give Australia its 2-0 lead heading into Saturday’s matches. Australia was playing without its two top-ranked players. Nick Kyrgios has a left wrist injury that forced him out of a tournament in Mexico and Alex De Minaur aggravated an abdominal injury which sidelined him for last month’s Australian Open. Australia joins 11 other qualifiers and the 2019 semi-finalists — Canada, Britain, Russia and Spain — as well as the 2020 wildcards, France and Serbia, in November in Madrid.