Davis Cup: After ready for 15 years, Russia defeated Croatia to win the title

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Russia’s 15-year anticipate the Davis Cup title got here to an finish on Sunday after one other stellar efficiency from Daniil Medvedev. Medvedev defeated Marin Cilic 7-6 (7), 6-2 within the second singles match to offer Russia an unassailable 2-0 lead over Croatia within the ultimate. It is Russia’s third Davis Cup title, and the primary since 2006.

Andrey Rublev had earlier defeated Borna Gozo in straight units to advance the Russians on the Madrid Arena. Russia’s second Davis Cup title was in 2002. Croatia have been additionally in search of their third title after victories in 2005 and 2018. Russia gained the group occasions after the ladies’s group gained the Billie Jean King Cup ultimate in Prague final month. The final nation to do the double was the Czech Republic in 2012.

The win additionally marked a particular week for Russia captain Shamil Tarpyshev, the longest-serving Davis Cup captain. He captained for the primary time in 1974, and appeared in his one hundredth match as captain within the semi-final in opposition to Germany. The Russian group, formally known as the RTF (Russian Tennis Federation), competed within the midst of an ongoing doping suspension in worldwide sport.

After a hard-fought first set, No. 2 Medvedev broke serve twice within the second in opposition to Thirtieth-ranked Cilic to win the Davis Cup for the fifth time in a row this 12 months. Rublev had transformed on his first match level to take a 6–4, 7–6(5) win over Gozo, who reached the Davis Cup ultimate as a 279th-placed participant in all however three of his matches. Were residing

It was fifth-ranked Rublev’s third consecutive win after a loss in opposition to Spain’s Feliciano López within the group stage. Gozo had no break all through the match in opposition to Rublev, who transformed one in all his eights to seize the primary set and ultimately gained the second set tiebreaker.

Croatia defeated Serbia and top-ranked Novak Djokovic within the semi-finals, whereas Russia knocked out Germany. The Russians gained a bunch consisting of defending champions Spain and Ecuador, then superior to Sweden within the quarter-finals. Croatia gained group A with Australia and Hungary, then beat Italy within the final eight.

The International Tennis Federation and Cosmos Tennis Group, behind the competitors, mentioned 4 cities would host the group levels subsequent 12 months, with one other venue more likely to host the knockout rounds in Abu Dhabi. Madrid was the one host of the competitors in 2019 over a interval of seven days. This 12 months, Innsbruck in Austria and Turin in Italy have been added as hosts over an 11-day interval. The occasion was not performed in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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