The Davis Cup Finals are upon us and they will run from November 25th till December the 5th, promising a lot of exciting tennis with several notable players attending.
The promise delivered with Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev's Russia set to face off against Croatia's team which includes Marin Cilic as well as surprise package Borna Gojo. With one of the best doubles teams in the world in Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic also involved.
They took out Novak Djokovic's Serbia robbing the potential of another Medvedev-Djokovic showdown. It is set to begin around 16:00 CET with selections below when announced.
Group Stage
Day One - Thursday 25 November
Canada 0-3 Sweden
Steven Diaz 0-2 Elias Ymer (4-6, 2-6)
Vasek Pospisil 0-2 Mikael Ymer (4-6, 4-6)
Vasek Pospisil/ Brayden Schnur 0-2 Andre Goransson/ Robert Lindstedt (6-7, 4-6)
France 2-1 Czech Republic
Richard Gasquet 0-2 Tomas Machac (6-7, 2-6)
Adrian Mannarino 2-1 Jiri Vesely (6-7, 6-4, 6-2)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut 2-1 Tomas Machac/Jiri Lehecka (3-6, 6-4, 6-3)
Croatia 3-0 Australia
Borna Gojo 2-0 Alexei Popyrin (7-6, 7-5)
Marin Cilic 2-1 Alex de Minaur (6-1, 5-7, 6-4)
Nikola Mektic/ Mate Pavic 2-0 Alex de Minaur/John Peers (6-3, 6-1)
Day Two - Friday 26 November
Spain 3-0 Ecuador
Feliciano Lopez 2-0 Roberto Quiroz (6-3, 6-3)
Pablo Carreno-Busta 2-1 Emilio Gomez (5-7, 6-3, 7-6)
Pablo Carreno-Busta/Marcel Granollers 2-1 Gonzalo Escobar/Diego Hidalgo (6-4, 6-7, 7-6)
Serbia-Austria 3-0
Novak Djokovic 2-0 Dennis Novak (6-3, 6-2)
Nikola Cacic/Filip Krajinovic 2-1 Oliver Marach/ Philipp Oswald (7-6, 4-6, 6-3)
USA - Italy 1-2
Reilly Opelka 0-2 Lorenzo Sonego (3-6, 6-7)
John Isner 0-2 Jannik Sinner (2-6, 0-6)
Rajeev Ram/ Jack Sock 2-0 Fabio Fognini/Lorenzo Musetti (7-6, 6-2)
Day Three - Saturday 27 November
Kazakhstan 2-1 Sweden
Mikhail Kukushkin 0-2 Elias Ymer (3-6, 6-7)
Alexander Bublik 2-1 Mikael Ymer (3-6, 6-4, 6-0)
Andrey Golubev/ Aleksandr Nedovyesov 2-0 Andre Goransson/ Robert Lindstedt (6-3, 6-3)
Russia 3-0 Ecuador
Andrey Rublev 2-1 Roberto Quiroz (6-3, 4-6, 6-1)
Daniil Medvedev 2-0 Emilio Gomez (6-0, 6-2)
Aslan Karatsev/Andrey Rublev 2-1 Gonzalo Escobar/ Diego Hidalgo (6-3, 4-6, 6-4)
France 1-2 Great Britain
Adrian Mannarino 0-2 Dan Evans (5-7, 4-6)
Arthur Rinderknech 0-2 Cameron Norrie (2-6, 6-7)
Nicolas Mahut/Arthur Rinderknech 2-0 Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski (6-1, 6-4)
Serbia 1-2 Germany
Filip Krajnovic 0-2 Dominik Koepfer (6-7, 4-6)
Novak Djokovic 2-0 Jan-Lennard Struff (6-2, 6-4)
Nikola Cacic/ Novak Djokovic 1-2 Kevin Krawietz/ Tim Putz (6-7, 6-3, 6-7)
Australia 2-1 Hungary
John Millman 1-2 Zsombor Piros (6-4, 4-6, 3-6)
Alex de Minaur 2-1 Marton Fucsovics (7-5, 2-6, 7-6)
Alex Bolt/John Peers 2-1 Fabian Marozsan/Zsombor Piros (6-3, 6-7, 6-3)
Italy 2-1 Colombia
Lorenzo Sonego 2-1 Nicolas Mejia (6-7, 6-4, 6-2)
Jannik Sinner 2-0 Daniel Elahi Galan (7-5, 6-0)
Fabio Fognini/Jannik Sinner 1-2 Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah (2-6, 7-5, 6-7)
Sun 28 Nov
Great Britain 2-1 Czech Republic
Dan Evans 0-2 Tomas Machac (2-6, 5-7)
Cameron Norrie 2-1 Jiri Lehecka (6-1, 2-6, 6-1)
Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski 2-0 Zdenek Kolar/Jiri Vesely (6-4, 6-2)
Germany 2-1 Austria
Dominik Koepfer 0-2 Jurij Rodionov (1-6, 5-7)
Jan-Lennard Struff 2-0 Dennis Novak (7-5, 6-4)
Kevin Krawietz/Tim Putz 2-0 Oliver Marach/Philipp Oswald (6-3, 6-4)
Canada 0-3 Kazakhstan
Brayden Schnur 1-2 Mikhail Kukushkin (3-6, 7-6, 5-7)
Vasek Pospisil 0-2 Alexander Bublik (2-6, 6-7)
Peter Polansky/Brayden Schnur 1-2 Andrey Golubev/Aleksandr Nedovyesov (4-6, 7-6, 1-6)
Spain 1-2 Russia
Feliciano Lopez 2-1 Andrey Rublev (2-6, 6-3, 6-4)
Pablo Carreno Busta 0-2 Daniil Medvedev (2-6, 6-7)
Croatia 2-1 Hungary
Nino Serdarusic 2-0 Fabian Marozsan (6-4, 6-4)
Marin Cilic 1-2 Zsombor Piros (6-4, 5-7, 4-6)
Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic 2-0 Fabian Marozsan/Peter Nagy (7-6, 6-2)
USA 1-2 Colombia
Frances Tiafoe 2-1 Nicolas Mejia (4-6, 6-3, 7-6)
John Isner 1-2 Daniel Elahi Galan (3-5, 6-3, 6-7)
Reilly Opelka/Jack Sock 0-2 Juan Sebastian Cabal/ Robert Farah (RETIRED)
Knockout Stage
Quarter-Finals (in draw bracket order)
2 December - Madrid
RTF (Russian Tennis Federation) 2-0 Sweden
Andrey Rublev - Elias Ymer 6-2 5-7 7-6(3)
Daniil Medvedev- Mikael Ymer 6-4 6-4
30 November - Innsbruck
Great Britain 1-2 Germany
Dan Evans 2-0 Peter Gojowczyk (6-2, 6-1)
Cameron Norrie 1-2 Jan-Lennard Struff (6-7, 6-3, 2-6)
Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski 0-2 Kevin Krawietz/Tim Putz (6-7, 6-7)
29 November - Turin
Italy 1-2 Croatia
Lorenzo Sonego 1-2 Borna Gojo (6-7, 6-2, 2-6)
Jannik Sinner 2-1 Marin Cilic (3-6, 7-6, 6-3)
Fabio Fognini/Jannik Sinner 0-2 Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic (3-6, 4-6)
1 December - Madrid
Serbia - Kazakhstan 2-1
Miomir Kecmanovic 1- 2 Mikhail Kukushkin 6-7, 6-4, 6-7
Novak Djokovic 2-0 Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-4
Nikola Cacic/Novak Djokovic 2-1 Andrey Golubev/Alexander Nedovysev 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
2 December
Russia - Sweden 2-0
Andrey Rublev 2-1 Elias Ymer 6-2, 5-7, 7-6
Daniil Medvedev 2-0 Mikael Ymer 6-4, 6-4
Semi-Finals
Croatia 2-1 Serbia
Borna Gojo 2-1 Dusan Lajovic (4-6, 6-3, 6-2)
Marin Cilic 0-2 Novak Djokovic (4-2, 2-6)
Nikola Mektic/ Mate Pavic 2-0 Novak Djokovic/ Filip Krajinovic (7-5, 6-1)
Russia - Germany
Andrey Rublev 2-0 Dominik Koepfer (6-4, 6-0)
Daniil Medvedev 2-0 Jan-Lennard Struff (6-4, 6-4)
Aslan Karatsev/Andrey Rublev 2-1 Kevin Krawietz/ Tim Putz (6-4, 3-6, 4-6)
Final
RTF 2-0 Croatia
Andrey Rublev 2-0 Borna Gojo (Rublev leads 1-0 in previous meetings) (6-4, 7-6)
Daniil Medvedev 2-0 Marin Cilic (Medvedev leads 2-0) (7-6, 6-2)
Aslan Karatsev/Andrey Rublev v Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic
Rankings Davis Cup 2021:
GROUP A
Nation Played Won Lost
Q Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) 1 1 0 3 - 0
Spain 1 1 0 3 - 0
Ecuador 2 0 2 0 - 6
GROUP B
Nation Played Won Lost
Q Kazakhstan 2 2 0 5 - 1
Q Sweden 2 1 1 4 - 2
Canada 2 0 2 0 - 6
GROUP C
Nation Played Won Lost
Q Great Britain 2 2 0 4 - 2
France 2 1 1 3 - 3
Czech Republic 2 0 2 2 - 4
GROUP D
Nation Played Won Lost
Q Croatia 2 2 0 5 - 1
Australia 2 1 1 2 - 4
Hungary 2 0 2 2 - 4
GROUP E
Nation Played Won Lost
Q Italy 2 2 0 4 - 2
USA 1 0 1 1 - 2
Colombia 1 0 1 1 - 2
GROUP F
Nation Played Won Lost
Q Germany 2 2 0 4 - 2
Q Serbia 2 1 1 4 - 2
Austria 2 0 2 1 - 5