Davis cup final

After more heroics from Alex de Minaur had pulled Lleyton Hewitt's team back from the brink with his consummate tie-levelling singles win over Marin Cilic, Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell beat the Olympic doubles champions to seal an exhilarating 2-1 semi-final win in Malaga. It was a triumph straight out of captain Lleyton Hewitt's gritty playbook — never say die as a doubles pairing who had never teamed up before in the Davis Cup were left staring at defeat before rallying to down the formidable Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 6-4. On Sunday, the Australians will face either Canada or Italy in the final, with the force now seeming to be with Hewitt's heroes. There had been shock when the news emerged that the Wimbledon-winning partnership of Purcell and Matt Ebden wouldn't be starting — but Thompson, a singles hero in the quarter-final win over the Netherlands, proved his doubles expertise as a nerveless stand-in. The Croatian duo is one of the top modern partnerships in doubles, having triumphed at Wimbledon and the Olympics last year but the Australian combination, who didn't get a sniff of a chance for almost all of two sets, suddenly came alive. Loading Twitter content Thompson fired some dazzling winners as they broke Mektic's serve from nowhere at 5-5 in the second set, and then went on to serve out for the stanza. They then produced one glorious game full of superb winners to break for 4-3 in the third, prompting huge celebrations among a small but vo...

World number six Felix Auger-Aliassime levelled the tie for Canada with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Lorenzo Musetti. He and Vasek Pospisil then won the deciding doubles 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 against Matteo Berrettini and Fabio Fognini. Auger-Aliassime was a late swap into the doubles team, replacing compatriot Shapovalov after his singles defeat. "We knew coming this week that we could make some changes depending on how singles went and I just feel like the whole team connected around this idea and there was no ego in the wrong places," said Auger-Aliassime. "Everybody just has the clear idea of the main goal, which is lifting the cup tomorrow." Pospisil said: "Davis Cup is always a wild week and I would say the most fun, as a player. We got more to do." It is the second time Canada have reached the Davis Cup final, having first done so in 2019 when they lost to Rafael Nadal's Spain. Australia - the 28-time champions of the tournament - reached their first Davis Cup final since 2003 on Friday with victory over Croatia . • Live scores, results and order of play • Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone • Fancy a movie tonight? Check out the stellar selection of films on BBC iPlayer • Messi as you've never seen him before: A wide-reaching documentary about the legendary footballer

GLASGOW, Scotland — Botic van de Zandschulp and Tallon Griekspoor won their singles against Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul for the Netherlands to finish top of their Davis Cup Finals group. Van de Zandschulp settled the tie when he defeated Fritz, the world No. 12, 6-4, 7-6 (3) after Griekspoor opened with a 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory over Paul. The Dutch had an unassailable 2-0 lead, and Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock were playing for American pride in the doubles against Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop. The United States and Netherlands were already assured of reaching the quarterfinals with two wins each in Group D. As group winner, the Dutch next face the runner-up in Group C, either Australia or Germany. The U.S. will play the Group A winner, most likely Italy. The Italians play on Sunday in Bologna against Sweden. Croatia was 2-0 up against Argentina for its second win after losing its opener to Italy. Canada’s tie against Serbia was 1-1 in Valencia and being decided by the doubles in Group B. France defeated Belgium 2-1 in Group C, where Australia and Germany were already assured of reaching the final eight. STUTTGART, Germany — Taylor Fritz held serve throughout as he started his grass-court season by beating Aslan Karatsev 7-6 (4), 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Stuttgart Open. Fritz had to save set point at 5-4 down in the first set, which later went to a tiebreak where Fritz raced into a 5-2 lead before sealing the set. Fritz broke Karatsev for the first t...

Djokovic beat former US Open champion Marin Cilic in the singles, levelling the semi-final tie after Croatia's Borna Gojo won against Dusan Lajovic. Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic, the world number ones, put Croatia into the final with a 7-5 6-1 win in Madrid. Croatia will play either the Russian Tennis Federation or Germany on Sunday. With the expertise of Mektic and Pavic proving crucial against the two Serb singles players, Djokovic said it illustrated the need for his nation to find a strong doubles pairing if they are to win the Davis Cup for a second time. "We definitely need to improve our doubles part of the team. We need to have a doubles team that is constantly playing together," said Djokovic, who was instrumental in Serbia's 2010 win. "Otherwise it's going to be a Mount Everest for us to climb every time we play like this." Croatia won the first singles rubber when world number 279 Gojo fought back to win 4-6 6-3 6-2 against Lajovic, stretching his 100% record to three victories in a dream Davis Cup Finals for the 23-year-old. Djokovic levelled the best-of-three tie by earning his 19th consecutive Davis Cup singles victory, fighting off eight break points against Cilic before winning 6-4 6-2. That teed up a intriguing doubles match which featured the world's best pairing and its leading singles player. Mektic and Pavic, who won the Wimbledon and Olympic titles in a dominant 2021 season, had won all three of their Finals matches in straight sets and again showed t...

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Tournament • Tournament • Acapulco • Adelaide 1 • Adelaide 2 • Antwerp • Astana • Atlanta • Auckland • Australian Open • Banja Luka • Barcelona • Basel • Bastad • Beijing • Buenos Aires • Chengdu • Cincinnati • Cordoba • Dallas • Delray Beach • Doha • Dubai • Eastbourne • Estoril • Geneva • Gstaad • Halle • Hamburg • Houston • Indian Wells • Kitzbuhel • Laver Cup • London • Los Cabos • Lyon • Madrid • Mallorca • Marrakech • Marseille • Metz • Miami • Monte-Carlo • Montpellier • Munich • Newport • Nitto ATP Finals • Paris • Pune • Rio de Janeiro • Roland Garros • Rome • Rotterdam • Santiago • Shanghai • 's-Hertogenbosch • Stockholm • Stuttgart • Tel Aviv • Tokyo • Toronto • Umag • United Cup • US Open • Vienna • Washington • Wimbledon • Winston-Salem • Zhuhai Go Despite The 20-year-old Here’s what you need to know about the Davis Cup Finals: what is the schedule, where to watch, which countries are playing and more. Established: 1900 Tournament Director: When and where is the Davis Cup Finals? The 2021 Davis Cup Finals will be held from Thursday, 25 November, to Sunday, 5 December, in Madrid, Innsbruck and Turin. Each venue will host the matches for two of the six groups as well as at least one quarter-final. Madrid will host two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final. Who is playing at the 2021 Davis Cup Finals? The Davis Cup Finals features 18 teams, including 12 qualifiers, the previous edition’s four semi-finalists and two wild cards. The teams are divided into ...

Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic, the world number ones, put Croatia into the final with a 7-5 6-1 win in Madrid. Croatia will play either the Russian Tennis Federation or Germany on Sunday. With the expertise of Mektic and Pavic proving crucial against the two Serb singles players, Djokovic said it illustrated the need for his nation to find a strong doubles pairing if they are to win the Davis Cup for a second time. "We definitely need to improve our doubles part of the team. We need to have a doubles team that is constantly playing together," said Djokovic, who was instrumental in Serbia's 2010 win. "Otherwise it's going to be a Mount Everest for us to climb every time we play like this." Croatia won the first singles rubber when world number 279 Gojo fought back to win 4-6 6-3 6-2 against Lajovic, stretching his 100% record to three victories in a dream Davis Cup Finals for the 23-year-old. Djokovic levelled the best-of-three tie by earning his 19th consecutive Davis Cup singles victory, fighting off eight break points against Cilic before winning 6-4 6-2. That teed up a intriguing doubles match which featured the world's best pairing and its leading singles player. Mektic and Pavic, who won the Wimbledon and Olympic titles in a dominant 2021 season, had won all three of their Finals matches in straight sets and again showed their quality to do the same against the Serbs. Real Madrid and Croatia footballer Luka Modric was among the crowd, cheering on his nation towards the...

Italy's Lorenzo Sonego defeated Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 in an opening singles rubber lasting three hours and 15 minutes in Malaga. World number six Felix Auger-Aliassime levelled the tie for Canada with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Lorenzo Musetti. He and Vasek Pospisil then won the deciding doubles 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 against Matteo Berrettini and Fabio Fognini. Auger-Aliassime was a late swap into the doubles team, replacing compatriot Shapovalov after his singles defeat. "We knew coming this week that we could make some changes depending on how singles went and I just feel like the whole team connected around this idea and there was no ego in the wrong places," said Auger-Aliassime. "Everybody just has the clear idea of the main goal, which is lifting the cup tomorrow." Pospisil said: "Davis Cup is always a wild week and I would say the most fun, as a player. We got more to do." It is the second time Canada have reached the Davis Cup final, having first done so in 2019 when they lost to Rafael Nadal's Spain. Australia - the 28-time champions of the tournament - reached their first Davis Cup final since 2003 on Friday with victory over Croatia . • Live scores, results and order of play • Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone • Fancy a movie tonight? Check out the stellar selection of films on BBC iPlayer • Messi as you've never seen him before: A wide-reaching documentary about the legendary footballer

After more heroics from Alex de Minaur had pulled Lleyton Hewitt's team back from the brink with his consummate tie-levelling singles win over Marin Cilic, Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell beat the Olympic doubles champions to seal an exhilarating 2-1 semi-final win in Malaga. It was a triumph straight out of captain Lleyton Hewitt's gritty playbook — never say die as a doubles pairing who had never teamed up before in the Davis Cup were left staring at defeat before rallying to down the formidable Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 6-4. On Sunday, the Australians will face either Canada or Italy in the final, with the force now seeming to be with Hewitt's heroes. There had been shock when the news emerged that the Wimbledon-winning partnership of Purcell and Matt Ebden wouldn't be starting — but Thompson, a singles hero in the quarter-final win over the Netherlands, proved his doubles expertise as a nerveless stand-in. The Croatian duo is one of the top modern partnerships in doubles, having triumphed at Wimbledon and the Olympics last year but the Australian combination, who didn't get a sniff of a chance for almost all of two sets, suddenly came alive. Loading Twitter content Thompson fired some dazzling winners as they broke Mektic's serve from nowhere at 5-5 in the second set, and then went on to serve out for the stanza. They then produced one glorious game full of superb winners to break for 4-3 in the third, prompting huge celebrations among a small but vo...

GLASGOW, Scotland — Botic van de Zandschulp and Tallon Griekspoor won their singles against Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul for the Netherlands to finish top of their Davis Cup Finals group. Van de Zandschulp settled the tie when he defeated Fritz, the world No. 12, 6-4, 7-6 (3) after Griekspoor opened with a 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory over Paul. The Dutch had an unassailable 2-0 lead, and Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock were playing for American pride in the doubles against Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop. The United States and Netherlands were already assured of reaching the quarterfinals with two wins each in Group D. As group winner, the Dutch next face the runner-up in Group C, either Australia or Germany. The U.S. will play the Group A winner, most likely Italy. The Italians play on Sunday in Bologna against Sweden. Croatia was 2-0 up against Argentina for its second win after losing its opener to Italy. Canada’s tie against Serbia was 1-1 in Valencia and being decided by the doubles in Group B. France defeated Belgium 2-1 in Group C, where Australia and Germany were already assured of reaching the final eight. STUTTGART, Germany — Taylor Fritz held serve throughout as he started his grass-court season by beating Aslan Karatsev 7-6 (4), 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Stuttgart Open. Fritz had to save set point at 5-4 down in the first set, which later went to a tiebreak where Fritz raced into a 5-2 lead before sealing the set. Fritz broke Karatsev for the first t...