Kokkinakis gets past Shelton for Australia to lead U.S. in Davis Cup
Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis emerged from a tight-as-can-be tiebreaker by saving four match points and eventually converting his seventh to get past Ben Shelton 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (14) in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Thursday, before Taylor Fritz pulled the United States even by defeating Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4.