Russian tennis players became the semi -finalists of the Davis Cup

In Madrid, the Russian national tennis team beat the Serbia team with a score of 2: 1 in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup.

Today, Andrei Rublev beat Serb Philip Krainovich - 6: 1, 6: 2, and in another meeting, Karen Khachanov lost to the second racket of the world Novaku Jokovic - 3: 6, 3: 6.

In the decisive match, Khachanov and Rublev defeated Djokovic and Viktor Troitski - 6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 6. Thus, the account in the confrontation of up to two victories was 2: 1 in favor of the Russians. The access to the semifinals guaranteed the Russian team to participate in the final stage of the Davis Cup in 2020.

Initially, Yanko Tibsarevich was supposed to play in a pair of Serbia, but shortly before the meeting was replaced by Djokovic. The Russian national team at the tournament also includes Evgeny Donskoy, who has not yet held a single meeting.

In the semifinals, the Russian team will meet with tennis players from Canada, who in the quarterfinals defeated the Australian team. The Canadian national team at the tournament is represented by Denis Shapovalov (15th place in the Attic Center ranking), Felix Ozhe-Aliassim (21), Braiden Cord (103) and Vask wrote (150). Semi -final meetings will take place on Saturday.

The final part of the Davis Cup with the participation of 18 teams will end on November 24. The prize fund of the tournament, which is held in a new format since this year, is $ 20 million.