Novak Djokovic continues to defend alone the fate of the Serbian team of Davis Cup. There is no quiet tie for him since the deceptive opening 3-0 against Austria. Since then, the world number one has had to use himself thoroughly in the individual, which has not been a problem given the superiority over rivals, but he has suffered more in the doubles as a duet with Nikola Cacic.
‘Nole’ is in trouble again because Croatia went ahead, 1-0, in the semifinal based in the Madrid Arena with the triumph of Borna Gojo upon Dusan Lajovic by 4-6, 6-3 and 6-2 in 1h.57 ‘. Djokovic will have no margin of error in his confrontation with Marin Cilic and he can have a bad time in pairs since he will have as enemies the No. 1 of the specialty, Nikola Metkic and Mate Pavic.
Gojo is becoming one of the players in these 2021 Finals. Full of victories, three, when he occupies the 279th place in the world rankings. At 23 years old, he is finding his paradise in Davis, after having debuted in 2019 with defeats against Rafa Nadal y Andrey Rublev. He is amending it by surpassing the Australian Alexei Popyrin, the Italian Lorenzo Sonego and the Serbian Dusan Lajovic, 31 years old and No. 33.
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Lajovic returned to the Serbian line-up after his success against the Austrian Gerald Melzer. He had then left his post to Filip Krajinovic and Miomir Kecmanovic, which they had lost. His return did not help Djokovic, giving resoundingly to his rival, a sure Gojun on his serve from 1.96 meters tall.
The Croatian suffered a bump when he dominated the opening set 4-1, as he handed it 4-6, but he rebuilt and knocked down the more experienced Lajovic.
Serbia, once again tightening the rope while waiting for the savior Djokovic.
