Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates after his singles match towards Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik (REUTERS)
MADRID – Imperious Novak Djokovic despatched Serbia right into a Davis Cup semi-final towards Croatia because the world primary impressed a comeback victory over Kazakhstan in Madrid on Wednesday.
Serbia had their backs to the wall when Kazakh veteran Mikhail Kukushkin beat debutant Miomir Kecmanovic in a three-hour epic within the first singles rubber.
However Djokovic calmly levelled the tie with a straight-sets defeat of Alexander Bublik earlier than returning to courtroom to staff up with Nikola Cacic and beat Kazakh pair Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-2 2-6 6-3.
Djokovic has performed 5 out of a attainable six rubbers on the Davis Cup Finals to date and appears within the temper to take the staff to the title they received memorably in Belgrade in 2010.
When Cacic, who had struggled at occasions, drilled a low return to allow Serbia to clinch victory on their third match level, Djokovic and his staff mates celebrated loudly.
Kazakhstan, who have been cheered all through by a loud band of followers within the Madrid Enviornment, have now misplaced all six Davis Cup quarter-finals they’ve contested.
“I’m happy with the combating spirit; we dropped off within the second set however we bounced again and held our nerves, I’m happy with Nikola and happy with this staff,” Djokovic stated on courtroom.
Serbia will tackle Croatia on Saturday in Madrid with the opposite semi-final between Germany and both the Russian Federation or Sweden.
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