Davis Cup, quarter-finals: Djokovic today against Kazakhstan

The orphaned Davis Cup of Italy has already entered the decisive phase. In Innsbruck, behind closed doors in an Austria in lockdown, Germany surprisingly beat Great Britain. Double decisive: the pair Krawietz-Puetz beat the British one made up of Salisbury and Skupski who in the tie-break of the second set was ahead 5-0. But that was not enough and the Germans thus returned to the semifinals after 14 years even without their number 1 Sascha Zverev, Olympic champion in Tokyo and always opposed to the new competition formula.

Today it’s up to Nole

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Today, however, is the day of Novak Djokovic’s Serbia who in Madrid (starting at 16, direct on Supertennis) will face the Kazakhstan of Bublik and Kukushkin. The national team of the number 1 in the world is the favorite, but the Kazakhs are not new to surprises. Whoever wins in the semifinals finds Croatia who threw us out on Monday evening thanks to a formidable double (Mektic / Pavic). A qualification grabbed when it seemed now vague. If the number 1 in the world and his national team overcome the not simple Kazakh obstacle, they would find Croatia in the semifinals. Nole’s dream, to bring a great trophy to his country, therefore continues after the Olympic disappointment in Tokyo when he was stopped in the semifinals by Sascha Zverev, then a gold medalist. The last quarter-final is the one between the super favorite Russia and Sweden. Whoever wins will have Germany tomorrow (from 4 pm) again in Madrid, also the scene of the semifinals (Friday and Saturday) and the final (Sunday at 4 pm).