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Serbia will face Spain in the 2020 ATP Cup final in Sydney after beating Russia and Australia on Saturday, respectively.
Serbian Dusan Lajovic claimed a straight set victory over Karen Khachanov before Novak Djokovic sealed his victory with a straight set victory over Daniil Medvedev.
Viktor Troicki and Nikola Cacic then beat Teymuraz Gabashvili and Konstantin Kravchuk in doubles to complete the victory.
Rafael Nadal secured Spain’s passage by beating Alex de Minaur after Roberto Bautista Agut knocked out Nick Kyrgios.
Serbia 3-0 Russia
Dusan Lajovic bt. Karen khachanov, 7-5, 7-6 (1)
Novak Djokovic bt. Daniel Medvedev, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
Viktor Troicki / Nikola Cacic bt. Teymuraz Gabashvili and Konstantin Kravchuk, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
Australia 0-3 Spain
Roberto Bautista Agut bt. Nick Kyrgios, 6-1, 6-4
Rafael Nadal bt. Alex de Minaur, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Feliciano Lopez / Pablo Carreno Busta bt. John Peers / Chris Guccione, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 10-4
Sunday schedule
Serbia vs Spain, 6:30 p.m. local (7:30 a.m. GMT, 2:30 a.m.ET)
There was not much to separate Lajovic from Khachanov in the first leg of the first semi-final.
Between them there was only one breaking point opportunity in the entire game. He went to Lajovic, and he clinically converted him to take the first set.
The pair fought for a tiebreaker in the second, but the Russian couldn’t get close to his opponent once they did.
Djokovic only needed 31 minutes to win the first set against Medvedev 6-1:
The Russian had won their previous two encounters, and he fought back in the second set after being broken in the opener to force a decider.
The world n ° 2 nevertheless made the decisive break in the third set, after a sensational rally:
While in the quarterfinals against Canada, Cacic and Troicki were left with a dead rubber but were right in finishing the sweep.
Roberto Bautista Agut also channeled his performance on Friday, beating Kyrgios three times en route to a comfortable victory in the opening rubber in 81 minutes.
Nadal lost his gum in singles in the quarter-finals, and he had to come back from behind against an inspired De Minaur on Saturday.
The Australian rightly won the opening set after beating Nadal in the opener, playing superb tennis along the way:
The world No.1 didn’t even manage to score a break point until the end of the second set, but it was also a set point, and he duly converted it to force a third.
From there, the Spaniard had the momentum behind him as he only lost one game in the last set.
Nadal expects a tough final against Djokovic’s Serbia:
Tennis the writer Carole Bouchard gave her point of view on the first ATP Cup:
John Peers and Chris Guccione were unable to recover a consolation in the rubber double against Feliciano Lopez and Pablo Carreno Busta, despite forcing a tiebreaker after being beaten.
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