It was Djokovic who defeated Nadal which set up a doubles decider; which of course Serbia won and afterwards, the latter spoke about his decision to not play in the match.
He put it down to fatigue and playing so much tennis; as well that it was a decision that was come to by all members of the team.
"I have been playing a lot of tennis in the last couple of days," said Nadal.
"My level of energy is a little bit lower than usual because I played long yesterday, very long before yesterday, very long in Perth in the last day. It was a joined decision and we believe in our team."