Novak and Filip defeat Denis Shapovalov and Milos Raonic (7-5, 7-6 (5)) at the decisive point, and the Serbs win the first series of the ATP Cup 2021. After an intense final match, an excellent Krajinovic and a good Djokovic help Serbia to victory that leaves them with one foot in the semifinals on Friday.
After the defeat of Dusan Lajovic before Milos Raonic At the beginning of the day (3-6, 4-6), things were getting very ugly for the Serbian team, who probably faced Canada the most difficult of the two series they were going to have in the group stage of this ATP Cup. But Novak Djokovic came to fix it, in another great match against Denis Shapovalov, which was decided in favor of the Serbian by a double 7-5 and which marked the end of the doubles tie.
Masterful victory for Djokovic and Krajinovic in doubles
And the long-awaited doubles match arrived, in which the two Canadians who had played the singles were going to face Filip Krajinovic Y Novak Djokovic. And what a game it was going to be. With the feeling that Raonic and Shapovalov dominated the match, a double fault from Denis gave the Serbs the first set 7-5.
And in the second, equality of service grew even more, until reaching the tie break, in which, despite a double fault with a mini break by Krajinovic, the Serbs would show themselves to take the tiebreaker 7-4. In this way, without even having to reach the final tie-break, Serbia is placed first in the group, and with many possibilities of getting among the four best of the ATP Cup. Germany is in the same group, although now the one that starts with an advantage is Serbia after this great start.
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