BOLOGNA, Italy — Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez mixed to beat Tomas Machac and Jakub Mensik within the deciding doubles to assist Spain rally previous Czechia and attain the semifinals of the Davis Cup with a 2-1 win on Thursday.
Granollers and Martinez lifted within the absence of top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, the six-time Grand Slam champion who withdrew from Spain’s group due to a hamstring damage.
Spain, which hadn’t reached the semifinals because it gained the final of its six Davis Cup titles in 2019, will subsequent face No. 2-seeded Germany, which defeated Argentina 2-1.
Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz outlasted Andres Molteni and Horacio Zeballos in a third-set tiebreaker within the deciding doubles match to offer Germany the quarterfinal victory.
Argentina was attempting to win its one hundredth Davis Cup tie.
Granollers and Martínez clinched the quarterfinal by profitable the doubles 7-6 (8), 7-6 (8) at SuperTennis Enviornment.
The 20-year-old Mensik hit 20 aces en path to beating veteran Pablo Carreño Busta 7-5, 6-4 to offer the Czech group the lead. Jaume Munar subsequently gained his first Davis Cup singles for Spain by defeating No. 17 Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-4.
“I used to be fairly assured in my tennis,” Munar stated. “It doesn’t matter who I’ve in entrance of me. I had nice confidence in myself and that’s the principle factor.”
The fourth-seeded Czechs had been attempting to return to the semifinals for the primary time since 2014.
Tomas Martin Etcheverry put Argentina forward after hitting 23 aces to beat Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7), however No. 3-ranked Alexander Zverev leveled it for Germany by defeating No. 21 Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Within the doubles, Krawietz and Puetz rallied to win 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10), with each groups squandering match factors.
Argentina was aiming to achieve the semifinals for the primary time because it gained the competitors in 2016. Germany was a semifinalist final 12 months.
Prime-ranked Italy, in search of a 3rd straight title and fourth total, faces Belgium within the different semifinal. The Italians are with out world No. 2 Jannik Sinner, who’s resting.
The Davis Cup Finals in Bologna is the sixth version of the revamped occasion that crowns a champion at a impartial website.
