Storm Hunter has substituted for Maya Joint and helped Australia to a win over Norway.
Hunter defeated Norway’s Malene Helgo 6-2, 7-6(3) to give Australia a 1-0 lead.
Alex de Minaur lost to Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3 which sent the tie into a live mixed doubles rubber.
Norway jumped out to an early lead as they took the first set 6-4.
In the second set, the Australians were more aggressive and that helped Smith and Hunter take the second set 6-1.
In the deciding match tie-break the Australians raced away to win 10-4.
“I’ll tell you what, Storm set it up big time there… I was just on the court, I was participating,” Smith said. “She was returning well, she was moving well. She had really good control on all her shots. It was a great win and a great comeback as well. It’s never easy playing against a good team.”
“I think we just became a bit more aggressive and just wanted to play on our terms and brought the energy a little bit more,” Hunter said. “We went after it and in mixed doubles anything can happen. We had a few chances in the first set, didn’t quite get them, so in the second we were able to convert them.”