Hewitt and de Minaur react to Australia's loss in Davis Cup final

Lleyton Hewitt and Alex de Minaur react to Australia's 2-0 loss to Italy in the final of the 2023 Davis Cup.

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00:00 Yeah, to end like that, come awfully close yet again.

00:03 Yeah, the first match out there today could have gone either way.

00:08 Yeah, Alexey did great, had created plenty of opportunities,

00:11 were probably a point away quite a few times to be honest.

00:14 It's a completely different situation than going into the second match,

00:17 you're one nil up.

00:18 Yannick, he's played awesome all week.

00:20 The last few weeks, to be honest, last few months,

00:22 he showed why he's a top three or four player in the world at the moment

00:25 and he backed up what he did yesterday against Novak

00:27 and played extremely good tennis.

00:29 I'm super proud of all the boys and the support staff and the team

00:32 and we did absolutely everything we possibly could have

00:35 and we've come agonisingly close yet again.

00:38 Yeah, I think probably Novak said it a week ago,

00:40 Yannick's riding this amazing wave of confidence

00:43 and he's playing in indoor conditions with some heavy balls

00:48 where he can hit the absolute crap out of the ball.

00:51 He's seriously impressive, the level he's thrown.

00:53 I will find ways to get better to be able to hurt these types of players.

00:57 Today I just didn't have enough.