Brisbane: Germany's French Open champions Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies won a thrilling doubles clash to give Germany a 2-1 win over Greece in their ATP Cup round two tie in Brisbane on Sunday. Krawietz and Mies came back from 5-0 down in the match tiebreak to edge Stefanos Tsitsipas and Michail Pervolarakis 3-6, 6-3, 17-15 and send Greece crashing out of the ATP Cup contention with two losses. The German win also means Australia, who beat Canada 3-0, will progress to the quarter-finals in Sydney.

Tsitsipas whips Zverev

Earlier, Tsitsipas whipped Alexander Zverev to win the battle of the big guns, the German's second successive loss. He lost to Australia's Alex de Minaur in his opening match on Friday, throwing away a one set lead. "I worked very hard for this win, I found solutions, found my rhythm and my pace and knew what I was doing on court," said impressive 21-year-old Tsitsipas after his 6-1, 6-4 walloping in Brisbane.