Novak Djokovic won the battle with Alexander Zverev at the ATP Cup
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The Germans will face Russia on Saturday, in the second semifinal last year’s defeated finalists, the Spaniards, will face Italy.
Djokovic defeated Zverev 6: 7, 6: 2, 7: 5 in a duel of team leaders and tied for 1: 1 matches after Jan-Lennard Struff also defeated Dušan Lajovič in three sets 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 . In the decisive doubles, the Germans secured victory and promotion, Zverev and Struff defeated 10: 7 in the supokiebreak Djokovic with Nikola Cacic.
German tennis players Alexander Zverev (right) and Jan-Lennard Struff celebrate winning the final doubles of the ATP Cup semifinal against Serbia.
Hamish Blair, ČTK / AP
World number one Djokovic lost the winning series at the ATP Cup after 11 matches and will no longer add any match to play before defending the title at the Australian Open. “I’m upset that we lost. That’s all, I’m not thinking about the Australian Open or anything else,” said Djokovic, 33.
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Spain did not advance to the semifinals without Rafael Nadal, who did not play again due to a blocked back, despite a 1: 2 defeat with Greece. Due to the situation in Group B, the reigning Davis Cup champions secured their progress after the first singles, in which Pablo Carreňo defeated 6: 3, 6: 4 outsider Mikhail Pervolarakis.
The Greeks then leveled the duel thanks to Stefanos Tsitsipas’ 7: 5, 7: 5 win over Robert Bautista. There was only one game in the doubles, after which Carreňo and Marcel Granollers gave up the duel.
Russia and Italy secured the semifinals on Wednesday before the program of preparatory tournaments stopped due to a positive test for coronavirus of an employee of a Melbourne hotel.
| ATP Cup v Melbourne: |
| Group A: |
| Germany – Serbia 2: 1 |
| Struff – Lajovic 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 |
| A. Zverev – Djokovic 7: 6 (7: 3), 2: 6, 5: 7 |
| Struff, A. Zverev – Cacic, Djokovic 7: 6 (7: 4), 5: 7, 10: 7 |
| 1. | Germany | 2 | 0 | 4:2 |
| 2. | Serbia | 1 | 1 | 3:3 |
| 3. | Canada | 0 | 2 | 2:4 |
| Group B: |
| Greece – Spain 2: 1 |
| Pervolarakis – Carreňo 3:6, 4:6 |
| Tsitsipas – Bautista 7: 5, 7: 5 |
| Kalovelonis, Tsitsipas – Carreňo, Granollers 1: 0 draw |
| 1. | Spain | 1 | 1 | 4:2 |
| 2. | Greece | 1 | 1 | 3:3 |
| 3. | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2:4 |
| Group C: |
| France – Austria 2: 1 |
| Mahut – Novak 7:6 (7:2), 6:2 |
| Paire – Thiem 1: 6 ret |
| Mahut, Roger-Vasselin – Oswald, Weissborn 6:3, 6:3. |
| 1. | Italy | 2 | 0 | 4:2 |
| 2. | France | 1 | 1 | 3:3 |
| 3. | Austria | 0 | 2 | 2:4 |
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