In the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup 2021, Serbia has gone through 3 very choking matches against Kazakhstan. Miomir Kecmanovic was the first player in the men's match and lost to Mikhail Kukushkin. However, Novak Djokovic helped his team to have a comeback when defeating Alexander Bublik in the men's match and Nikola Cacic won in the decisive men's match.
In the semi -finals, Serbia's opponent Croatia, the previous team defeated Italy in the quarterfinals. The script in the quarterfinals was repeated when the two teams had to go through 3 matches to determine the victory. However, the result was different when Djokovic could not help Serbia on.
In the first match, Dusan Lajovic was the representative of Serbia, while Croatia sent Borna Gojo to play. Before the opponent was 243 steps inferior to the ATP rankings, Lajovic was disappointed.
In Set 1, Lajovic has a very good start when he won the first break in the game 2 and then took 3-0. However, Bojo rises strongly at the end of the set when there are 2 times to win the break. Set 1 closed with a 6-4 victory in favor.
Sang Set 2, Lajovic promptly returned to win 6-3 and balance the score 1-1. However, he played extremely badly in the 3 decisions. The 33rd world ranked player loses the break 2 consecutive times in the first two gaming games and accepts the racket with a defeat of 2-6.
Leading 1-0, Serbia continued to rely on Novak Djokovic. The world's No. 1 player also did not face much difficulty in the men's match. Accordingly, he only lost 2 sets to overcome Marin Cilic.
In set 1, the turning point only came to game 9 when Djokovic won the first break of the match, then won 6-4 final. Set Set 2, the world's No. 1 player completely owns the game when there are 2 times to win the break and win 6-2. The ratio now between Serbia and Croatia is 1-1, and the two teams have to enter the decisive men's match.
Here, the Novak Djokovic / Nikola Cacic pair continues to be trusted. However, unlike the quarterfinals, they lost 0-2 before Croatia's Mate Pavic / Nikola Mektic duo. The score 2 sets are 5-7 and 1-6 respectively.
In the end, Serbia lost to Croatia 1-2 and was officially eliminated from the 2021 Davis Cup finals. Thus, the fans would not have the opportunity to witness the competition between Djokovic and Medvedev. Tonight, Russia and Germany will compete for the remaining final tickets.
Croatia results 2-1 Serbia
