BOLOGNA, Italy — Spain reached the Davis Cup last because of doubles pair Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martínez, who defeated Germany’s Tim Pütz and Kevin Krawietz 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 Saturday for a 2-1 win of their semifinal.
Alexander Zverev had stored the Germans’ hopes alive with a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) win over Jaume Munar after Pablo Carreño Busta received Spain off to a successful begin in opposition to Jan-Lennard Struff. Carreño Busta saved 5 consecutive set factors within the tiebreaker earlier than beating the German veteran 6-4, 7-6 (6).
However Granollers and Martínez shocked Pütz and Krawietz by dealing them simply their second Davis Cup loss.
It despatched the Spanish group, which was with out injured No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, again into the ultimate for the primary time in six years.
Spain will face two-time defending champion Italy, which defeated Belgium on Friday.
