March 13, 2020 – The Davis Cup Finals will be played for the second year in a row at Madrid’s Caja Magica Tennis Complex, scheduled for November 23-29. The Croatia tennis team will fight against Australia and Hungary.
The Croatian tennis team will play in Group D of the Davis Cup finals with Australia and Hungary, the draw revealed on Thursday at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) headquarters in London.
Croatia was in the first-seeded group with Spain, Canada, France, the USA and Serbia.
Croatia pulled one of the toughest rivals from the second group, the national team of Australia, which is the 11th-ranked Davis Cup team, and Hungary, the 23rd best national team in the world.
The Davis Cup Final will be played for the second year in a row at Madrid’s Caja Magica Tennis Complex, scheduled for November 23-29.
The title will be defended by the national team of Spain, which is in Group A with Russia and Ecuador.
The system of competition remained unchanged: 18 teams were divided into six groups of three, from which the winners and the two best of the six second-ranked teams will compete in the quarterfinals, which will begin the knockout phase of the competition.
Spain was better than Canada in last year’s final.
2020 Davis Cup Finals (Madrid, November 23-29):
Group A: Spain, Russia, Ecuador
Group B: Canada, Kazakhstan, Sweden
Group C: France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic
Group D: Croatia, Australia, Hungary
Group E: USA, Italy, Colombia
Group F: Serbia, Germany, Austria
Recall, Marin Cilic saved the day for Croatia against India in the Davis Cup playoffs, celebrating 6-0, 6-1 against Sumit Nagal, and for the 11th time in his career, brought the winning point to the Croatia Davis Cup team.
Marin rushed through the first set in 29 minutes. The second set was even quicker, and the 22-year-old Indian player managed to retain his serve once and save himself from a 6-0, 6-0 defeat. It took only 56 minutes for Cilic to win the match and ultimately advance Croatia to the finals.
Source: Gol.hr
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