In this year's Davis Cup finals, Serbia won tickets to the quarterfinals as one of the two second teams with the best achievement. Here, the opponent of Novak Djokovic and his teammates is Kazakhstan – the first team in Group B with the achievement of winning.
In the first men's match, Miomir Kecmanovic represented Serbia against Mikhail Kukushkin on Kazakhstan. Before the opponent of 115 steps on the ATP rankings (68 compared to 183), Kecmanovic had a very intense match.
Even in the first set, the two players had to enter the tie-break series of brain balance, with a 7-5 victory belonging to Kukushkin. Sang Set 2, Kecmanovic has promptly returned and won 6-4, thereby balancing the score 1-1. In set 3, the tie-break series was once again used to determine the victory. Kukushkin has to reach the 13 point to bring his first victory for Kazakhstan.
Entering the second match, Serbia's hope was put on the shoulder of Novak Djokovic. The world's No. 1 player also did not disappoint the fans when defeating Alexander Bublik after only 2 sets.
In Set 1, Djokovic started very smoothly when winning the break in game 4 and then taken to 4-1 and won the final 6-3. Set 2, the script did not change much. Nole also won the only break in game 3 and quickly beat Bublik with a score of 6-4.
At this time, the ratio between Serbia and Kazakhstan was 1-1 and the two teams had to play more men's matches. Serbia's hope is that Djokovic continues to play, pairing with Nikola Cacic. This is a fairly attractive match that lasts through 3 sets, with the final victory belonging to Djokovic and Cacic. The set ratios are 6-2, 2-6 and 6-3 respectively.
In the end, Serbia won 2-1 Kazakhstan and officially won tickets to the semi-finals of the 2021 Davis Cup. Here, the opponent of Djokovic and his teammates Croatia, the previous team defeated Italy in the quarterfinals.
Serbia vs Kazakhstan results
