Serbia recovers from Korea, Australia and the United States add their second Davis Cup win

MADRID, September 15 (European press) –

The Serbian national team recovered, Thursday, from its clear defeat against Spain in the “Rubin Round” of the 2022 Davis Cup finals hosted by Valencia and won 3-0 over South Korea, while Australia and the United States added their second victory.

Victor Troicki’s men didn’t have much trouble getting rid of the South Koreans, who this time couldn’t put in as much of a fight as they did in their Fuente de San Luis debut against Canada and are now out of options to reach the final stage in Malaga.

Dusan Lajovic was picked this time as second and easily beat Seong Chan Hung (6-4, 6-0) and Miomir Kikmanovic had no problems against Sunwoo-kun (6-3, 6-4). The double also did not fail and closed 3-0 that gives life to Serbia, which expects Spain’s victory on Friday over Canada, with whom it will play the ticket.

For its part, Australia achieved its second victory in Hamburg (Germany) by eliminating France 2-1, which began by dominating with the victory of veteran Richard Gasquet over Jason Kubler (6-2, 6-4), and a draw with Labour. By Alex de Minaur vs Benjamin Ponzi (6-3, 1-6, 6-4). Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell gave victory to the Australians.

In Glasgow, the United States also recorded their second final victory over Kazakhstan thanks to the individual victories of Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz over Mikhail Kokoshkin (6-1, 6-4) and Alexander Bublik (7-6, 1-6, 6). 3), respectively, although the Kazakh was the double.

Finally, in the Italian city of Bologna, Croatia regained their options with a 2-1 victory over Sweden thanks to Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic’s victory over the Ymir brothers. Prior to that, Elias Yammer defeated Borna Jojo (6-2, 7-6), and Borna Coric beat Mikael Ymir (6-4, 3-6, 6-3).