Alex de Minaur roars again to life to fireside Australia to early Davis Cup lead over Poland

Alex de Minaur has taken his frustrations out in a Davis Cup thumping to place Australia up 1-0 of their must-win Brisbane tie in opposition to Poland.

The global community No 9, eager to rediscover his mojo after a disappointing second-round US Open loss, lit up Pat Rafter Arena on Saturday afternoon with a dominant 6-3 6-0 defeat of global community No 231 Maks Kasnikowski.

The match lasted 56 minutes and de Minaur misplaced simply six factors within the second set because the Australian No 1 discovered vary on his serve, angles from the baseline and acquired to the online to complete factors with authority.

De Minaur roared after breaking for the primary time within the fourth sport after which, after a decent name went in opposition to him along with his tail up at 4-1, steadied with back-to-back aces.

Kasnikowski saved two set factors on serve and compelled de Minaur to serve out the primary set, which he did with ease earlier than breaking immediately to set the tone for a one-sided second set.

“That’s what these ties are all about; get fired up, get the group concerned and there’s no higher feeling,” de Minaur stated of his theatrics.

“We play outdoors of Australia for 10 months a yr … so being right here, in entrance of a packed crowd, nice ambiance it’s one I’ve missed.

“The serve felt nice … I had some good phrases to it and it’s popping out to play.”

Kasnikowski admits he was blown away in his first assembly with a member of the global community’s high 10.

“It was a singular expertise. A extremely, actually powerful problem and pleased I put up a bit little bit of a combat within the first set,” he stated.

“In the second, Alex elevated the extent quite a bit and it was an excessive amount of for me right this moment.

“He began enjoying manner sooner and was making no errors.”

Brisbane favorite James Duckworth performs the spectacular Kamil Majchrzak in Saturday’s second match, earlier than Sunday’s doubles and reverse singles.

Australia had been upset in Ecuador earlier this yr and should win this conflict to progress to subsequent yr’s qualifying spherical, the place they will then guide a spot within the eight-team finals in Italy in November.