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Spain beat Czech Republic to reach Davis Cup semis
Spains' Marcel Granollers and his teammate Spains' Pedro Martinez play against Czech Republic's Tomas Machac and his teammate Jakub Menisk during a Davis Cup quarterfinal double tennis match between Spain and Czech Republic, in Bologna, Italy, Nov. 20
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MARCEL GRANOLLERS and Pedro Martinez defeated Tomas Machac and Jakub Mensik in tiebreakers to help Spain — without the injured Carlos Alcaraz — rally past the Czech Republic and reach the semi-finals of the Davis Cup today.
After the teams split the two singles, Granollers and Martinez clinched the quarter-final by winning the doubles 7-6 (8), 7-6 (8) in Rome.
Spain will either face Germany or Argentina, who were due to clash in a quarter-final last night after the Morning Star went to print.
The 20-year-old Mensik hit 20 aces en route to beating veteran Pablo Carreno Busta 7-5, 6-4, then Jaume Munar won his first Davis Cup singles for Spain by defeating No 17 Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-4.
Spain hadn’t reached the semi-finals since 2019, while the fourth-seeded Czechs had missed out since 2014.
Top-ranked Italy faces Belgium in the other semi-final. The Italians are without world No 2 Jannik Sinner, who is resting.
