Tennis-Hewitt proud of Australia's effort despite Davis Cup hopes all but over

Tennis - Davis Cup Finals - Group D - Croatia v Australia - Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy - November 25, 2021 Australia's captain Lleyton Hewitt is seen during the match between Alexei Popyrin and Croatia's Borna Gojo REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

(Reuters) - Australia's Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt was disappointed that his team are on the brink of elimination from the competition but said that they had plenty of positives to take from Saturday's victory over Hungary.

John Millman lost to Zsombor Piros in the first match on Saturday but Alex de Minaur defeated Marton Fucsovics to hand the Australians their first win at the competition in Turin, Italy.