Rafael Nadal put in some late-night overtime to drag hosts Spain into the Davis ...
MADRID - Rafael Nadal put in some late-night overtime to drag hosts Spain into the Davis Cup semi-finals but Novak Djokovic’s hopes were dashed in excruciating fashion as Serbia bowed out on Friday.
The 33-year-old Nadal had earlier thrashed Diego Schwartzman 6-1 6-2 to claim a 26th successive singles win in the competition, cancelling out compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta’s 6-7 7-6 6-1 defeat by Guido Pella. With empty seats an unfortunate feature of the inaugural edition of the 18-nation Finals, organizers the ITF and Kosmos will be breathing a sigh of relief that at least Spain’s evening clash with Britain will fill the 12,500 center court.
Djokovic was battling an elbow injury but after losing the first set against dynamic duo Rublev and Khachanov he and Viktor Troicki clawed their way back. Three times Serbia had match points in the deciding set tiebreak and on the third Troicki fluffed the easiest of volleys — a mistake of nightmares.
It was a desperate moment for Troicki and the emotions were still raw in Serbia’s post-match news conference, during which captain Nenad Zimonjic and virtually all his team were in tears.
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