Australia trail Kazakhstan 1-0 in their Davis Cup quarter-final in Darwin after Thanasi Kokkinakis was blown off the court by Kazakh No.1 Mikhail Kukushkin.
Kokkinakis was beaten 6-4 6-3 6-3 in just over two hours, with the 19-year-old no match for world No.63 Kukushkin.
Nick Kyrgios has the chance to level the tie when he takes on Aleksandr Nedovyesov in Friday's other singles rubber, with Sam Groth and Lleyton Hewitt to team up for Saturday's doubles.
Kokkinakis made a nervous start to Friday's match, needing to save two break points on his first service game before he could get on the board.
Kukushkin managed to snare a vital break on Kokkinakis' next service game, and he broke the youngster yet again early in the second set.
Kokkinakis launched a brief fightback in the second set before being broken again, and the world No.69 lost the first 12 points of the third as Kukushkin raced towards victory.
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