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Croatia defeated by Serbia in Davis Cup quarter-final 1-4

11.07.2010 u 23:52

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Serbia defeated Croatia in Davis Cup world group quarter-final, which was held in the coastal city of Split, 4-1 from Friday to Sunday.

On Sunday, Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-3 6-3 6-2. After this match the winner was known as the previous score was 2-1 for Serbia.

After the Cilic-Djokovic match, Croatia's Antonio Veic lost the match against Serbian Janko Tipsarevic 2-6 6-7 (5).

On Saturday, Serbia took a 2:1 lead against Croatia on the second day of the Davis Cup World Group after two hours of play, the Serbian pair Janko Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic beat the Croatian duo Ivan Dodig and Marin Cilic in three sets -- 6-3 6-2 6-4.

The first day of the Davis Cup world group quarter-final between Croatia and Serbia in the southern Croatian coastal city of Split on Friday ended in a 1-1 draw.

First, Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic 7-6(3) 6-4 6-1, after which Marin Cilic of Croatia beat Serbia's Viktor Troicki 6-4 7-5 6-2.

In a semi-final, Serbia will play against the Czech Republic.