{"id":151042,"date":"2021-12-01T21:51:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=151042"},"modified":"2021-12-03T15:23:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:23:01","slug":"davis-cup-quarterfinals-serbia-kazakhstan-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/davis-cup-quarterfinals-serbia-kazakhstan-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak powers Serbia into Davis Cup semi-finals!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Serbia is through to the Davis Cup<\/a> semi-finals following a comeback 2-1 win over Kazakhstan on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Mikhail Kukushkin collected the opening point for Kazakhstan, beating Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (11), after saving four match points. <\/strong>The match lasted three hours and 18 minutes.<\/p>\n

World no.1 Novak Djokovic kept Serbia’s hopes alive for a semi-final spot in the second match of the day when he cruised past Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 16 minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Novak broke in the fourth game to seal the opening set. The second set followed a similar pattern with Djokovic once again getting a break, this time in the third game. The Serbian ace, who lead his team to the Davis Cup title in 2010, won 91 % of points on his first serve (29\/32).<\/p>\n

Match statistics: aces (4-12), double faults (3-7), winners (11-4), unforced errors (9-15), total points won (72-54).<\/p>\n

In the deciding doubles match, Novak Djokovic and Nikola Cacic teamed up to beat Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I’m proud of the fighting spirit. We dropped off in the second set, but we managed to bounce back and held our nerves. The start of the third set was crucial. I am proud of Nikola and proud of this team,”<\/em> Novak said on court.<\/p>\n

Serbia will face Croatia in Friday’s semi-final at the Madrid Arena (16:00 CET).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Schedule of play<\/span>:<\/p>\n

Dusan Lajovic \u2013 Borna Gojo
\nNovak Djokovic \u2013 Marin Cilic
\nNovak Djokovic\/Nikola Cicic \u2013 Mate Pavic\/Nikola Mektic<\/span><\/p>\n

You can download Nole 2021 December desktop calendar here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo: AP
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Serbia is through to the Davis Cup semis following a comeback 2-1 win over Kazakhstan. Kukushkin clinched the opening point beating Kecmanovic 7-6, 4-6, 7-6. Novak then recorded a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Alexander Bublik to level the tie. In the deciding doubles match, Nole and Cacic teamed up to defeat Golubev and Nedovyesov 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Serbia will face Croatia at the Madrid Arena on Friday (16:00 CET).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":151141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101013100,101012538,101012203,101011403,101012262,101012235],"class_list":["post-151042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-davis-cup-by-rakuten-finals-en","tag-kazakhstan-en","tag-madrid-en","tag-quarterfinal-en","tag-serbia-en","tag-spain-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151042","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151042"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151168,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151042\/revisions\/151168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}