Davis Cup: Djokovic's Serbs in the quarter-finals thanks to Russian help, defending champion Spain is out
Thanks to Russian help, tennis star Novak Djokovic reached the quarter-finals with Serbia at the Davis Cup.
by SID / tennisnet
last edit: Nov 29, 2021, 07:39 am
With the Russians' 2-1 victory over defending champions Spain in Group A, Serbia qualified as one of the two best runners-up for the knockout phase. In Group F, the team around Grand Slam record champion Djokovic had to give way to the German team , which will meet Great Britain in the quarter-finals on Tuesday (4 p.m. / ServusTV). Serbia is fighting against Kazakhstan on Wednesday to make it to the semi-finals.
In the decisive double between Russia and Spain, Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev won against Marcel Granollers / Feliciano Lopez 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4, the game only ended at 0.40 a.m. Lopez had surprised in the singles with a victory over Rublev - "That is more than I ever expected," said the 40-year-old happily afterwards. Medvedev had then equalized against Pablo Carreno Busta. Defending champions Spain, this time without Rafael Nadal, are eliminated.
Colombia beats the USA - but has none of it
In addition, Colombia beat the USA 3-0 - which did not help either team. "We knew we needed a 3-0 win and we would have to win almost every match in two sets. But we thought it was possible," said team principal Mardy Fish. Tiafoe won just under three sets against Nicokas Mejia, Daniel Elahi Galan then also defeated John Isner. in doubles Jack Sock had to give early w / o.
Italy will play the other quarter-finals against Croatia on Monday and Russia against Sweden on Thursday. The final in the prestigious men's team competition will take place in Madrid on Sunday.