Germany will qualify for the quarter-finals from Group F if they can beat Austria on Sunday. The Russians made a perfect start to their campaign with a 3-0 victory over Ecuador. World No. 5 Andrey Rublev beat 291st-ranked Roberto Quiroz 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 in Madrid.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic throws his racquet during the doubles tie against Germany. Pic/AFP
Novak Djokovic and Nikola Cacic lost a dramatic deciding tie-break in their doubles rubber as Serbia suffered a shock defeat by Germany in the Davis Cup Finals, while Daniil Medvedev helped the Russian Tennis Federation to an opening win.
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World No. 1 Djokovic had drawn Serbia level in their second group-stage tie by beating Jan-Lennard Struff after Filip Krajinovic’s loss to Dominik Koepfer. But the 20-time Grand Slam singles champion and Cacic slipped to a 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 7-6 (7/5) defeat by Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz, who got over the line on their third match point in Innsbruck.
Germany will qualify for the quarter-finals from Group F if they can beat Austria on Sunday. The Russians made a perfect start to their campaign with a 3-0 victory over Ecuador. World No. 5 Andrey Rublev beat 291st-ranked Roberto Quiroz 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 in Madrid.
Medvedev then ensured his team would win the tie by thrashing Emilio Gomez 6-0, 6-2 in under an hour. Rublev and Aslan Karatsev completed the whitewash by taking the doubles rubber against Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
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