{"id":1085,"date":"2010-09-19T17:38:52","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T16:38:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-04-22T15:59:28","modified_gmt":"2012-04-22T14:59:28","slug":"brilliant-nole-and-janko-down-czechs-serbia-is-in-dc-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/brilliant-nole-and-janko-down-czechs-serbia-is-in-dc-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Brilliant Nole and Janko down Czechs! Serbia is in DC finals!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=arhiva src=https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/arhiva\/slike\/\/636.jpg> {nl}{nl}<b><font color=\"green\">SERBIA &#8211; CZECH REPUBLIC 3-2{nl}<\/font><\/b>{nl}Serbia is in the FINALS of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for the first time in its history! Serbian team defeated Czech Republic 3-2 in packed Belgrade Arena.{nl}{nl}In the first match of the day, Serbian no.1 Novak Djokovic brought the second point to Serbia with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory over world no.7 Tomas Berdych to level the score against Czechs in their semi-final tie on indoor hard court in Belgrade.{nl}{nl}The match lasted 3 hours and 14 minutes.{nl}{nl}A break in the seventh game of the opening set was enough for Berdych to take it 6-4.{nl}{nl}World no.2 found his rhythm in the second set. The US Open runner-up overcame an injury scare, played bravely and aggressively and took the initiative. He broke his opponent\u2019s service in the eighth game and won the set 6-3.{nl}{nl}The 23-year-old was dominating in the third set. He made a double break for 4-1 lead. Berdych broke back once for 4-2, but Nole put the pressure on the Czech, broke for the third time and closed the set 6-2.{nl}{nl}Djokovic made a crucial break in the ninth game of the fourth set and served out the set and match 6-4 to keep Serbia&#8217;s hopes alive.{nl}{nl}Match statistics: aces (4-7), double faults (2-1), winners (29-38), unforced errors (34-58), total points won (121-98){nl}{nl}<b>Listen Novak&#8217;s audio interview <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daviscup.com\/news\/radiopopup.asp?mediaid=14599&#038;medianame=%20&#038;%20aryAudioData%28%203,%200%20%29%20&#038;\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"blue\">here<\/font><\/a>!<\/b>{nl}{nl}Janko Tipsarevic thrilled 18000 fans in Belgrade Arena when he clinched the third point for Serbia for 3-2 win over Czech Republic and a place in the finals of the Davis Cup! {nl}{nl}The world no.37 beat Radek Stepanek in the decisive fifth rubber 6-0, 7-6(6), 6-4.{nl}{nl}France defeated Argentina 5-0 in the second semi-final tie.{nl}{nl}The Davis Cup by BNP Paribas final between Serbia and France will take place in Belgrade from 3 -5 December 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbia is in the FINALS of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for the first time in its history! Serbian team defeated Czech Republic 3-2 in packed Belgrade Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101010212],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-davis-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28227,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions\/28227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}