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Djokovic wins as Serbia sails into Davis Cup quarterfinals
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Novak Djokovic defeated Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-3 to seal Serbia’s victory over top-ranked France in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid yesterday.
The result gave Serbia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over the French before the doubles match. Filip Krajinovic had defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-6 (5) in the first singles to mathematically seal Serbia’s spot in the last eight of the revamped team competition.
Djokovic had a break in the first set and two in the second to clinch his 14th straight Davis Cup singles victory.
“I made some crucial breaks at the right time in both sets,” Djokovic said. “It’s tough to play Benoit, he is a very talented guy, very unpredictable.”
Serbia secured first place in Group A by winning every tie without dropping a set.
Serbia will meet Russia today and it was joined in the last eight by Germany, which secured the one rubber it needed against Chile as Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Nicolas Jarry 6-4, 6-3 in Group C.
Group winners advance to the knockout stage along with the two best second-place finishers among the six groups.
Britain and Kazakhstan were 1-1 after Kyle Edmund defeated Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 6-3 and Alexander Bublik evened the match for Kazakhstan by beating Daniel Evans 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.
The winner will clinch a place in the last eight as the first-placed team in Group E.
Britain was not playing Andy Murray, who on Wednesday came from behind to win his match against Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor in three sets.
Spain is already through after Rafael Nadal led the host to a 3-0 victory over defending champion Croatia on Wednesday.
It will face Argentina, which is guaranteed to progress as a runner-up. Australia and Canada were meeting in the first quarterfinal later yesterday.
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