Davis Cup Finals
Krawietz/Puetz save 3 MPs, Zverev & Germany survive Argentina
Germany will face Spain in final 4
November 21, 2025
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Alexander Zverev, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz have a good time Germany’s victory in opposition to Argentina Thursday night.
By ATP Workers
Germany narrowly survived a stern check from Argentina 2-1 of their Davis Cup quarter-final tie Thursday night in Bologna.
Tomas Martin Etcheverry gave Argentina the early lead with a 7-6(3), 7-6(7) victory in opposition to Jan-Lennard Struff. However Germany wouldn’t be denied a spot within the semi-finals.
Cerundolo entered his conflict in opposition to Alexander Zverev with a 3-1 Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence lead in opposition to the German, however was unable to seal the tie for his nation. Zverev, the No. 3 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings, emerged victorious 6-4, 7-6(3) to power a deciding doubles rubber.
Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz, the 2024 Nitto ATP Finals champions, confronted three match factors within the final-set tie-break earlier than prevailing in opposition to Andres Molteni and Horacio Zeballos 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(10).
On the Germans’ fifth match level, Krawietz rushed the web to place stress on the Argentines, who have been additionally at internet, earlier than Puetz hit a forehand winner that landed simply contained in the baseline.
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The Germans will subsequent face an skilled Spain workforce that dug deep to oust the younger skills of Czechia in a thriller.
After Jakub Mensik and Jaume Munar had every earned singles wins for his or her respective international locations to go away the last-eight encounter at 1-1, Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez edged Tomas Machac and Mensik 7-6(8), 7-6(8) in an enthralling doubles rubber to seal victory for Spain.
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Granollers and Martinez win the tie for Staff Spain, outlasting Machac/Mensik 7-6(8) 7-6(8) to succeed in the semi-finals! 🇪🇸@DavisCup | #DavisCup | @RFETenis pic.twitter.com/WD3ZQwQ9gf
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The 39-year-old Granollers, a former No. 1 within the PIF ATP Doubles Rankings, and 28-year-old Martinez saved three set factors within the first-set tie-break and two set factors within the second-set tie-break for his or her decisive victory. It was lastly sealed when #NextGenATP Mensik fired a double fault below stress at 8/9 within the second-set tie-break, guaranteeing Spain superior to a semi-final conflict on Saturday in opposition to second seed Germany.
The stage had been set for the doubles showdown after 20-year-old Mensik eased previous Pablo Carreno Busta 7-5, 6-4 within the opening singles rubber, earlier than Jaume Munar downed Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-4 to degree the tie. A six-time Davis Cup champion, Spain is into the semi-finals for the primary time since lifting its most up-to-date title in 2019.
