Djokovic cruises to Davis Cup win for Serbia

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a eased to a 6-0, 6-1 victory Saturday over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ioannis-xilas/x01c/overview'Ioannis Xilas/a to give Serbia a 2-0 lead over Greece in their Davis Cup tie against Greece./p

pThe 37-year-old, who won the Davis Cup with Serbia in 2010, converted five of his seven break points to wrap up the match in just 45 minutes. /p

pspan dir="ltr" class="ui-provider ec bij bfg bik bil bim bin bio bip biq bir bis bit biu biv biw bix biy biz bja bjb bjc bjd bje bjf bjg bjh bji bjj bjk bjl bjm bjn bjo bjp" style="color: #000000;"The No. 4 in the PIF ATP Rankings is trying to help Serbia win their World Group I tie to advance to the a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/davis-cup-qualifiers/8096/overview" target="_blank"Davis Cup Qualifiers/a next year./spannbsp;Earlier in the tie, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miomir-kecmanovic/ki95/overview'Miomir Kecmanovic/a gave Serbia a 1-0 lead with a 6-3, 6-3 win over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aristotelis-thanos/t0ei/overview'Aristotelis Thanos/a./p

pDjokovic is playing his first match since his four-set loss to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexei-popyrin/p09z/overview'Alexei Popyrin/a in the third round at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a. span class="ui-provider ec bij bfg bik bil bim bin bio bip biq bir bis bit biu biv biw bix biy biz bja bjb bjc bjd bje bjf bjg bjh bji bjj bjk bjl bjm bjn bjo bjp" dir="ltr" style="color: #000000;"He is aiming to rediscover his form in the final two months of the season as he chases a spot at November's Nitto ATPnbsp;span style="caret-color: #000000;"Finals/span. The seven-time champion at the prestigious season finale is currently ninth in the PIF ATP Live Race to Turin./span/p

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pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a secured a 3-1 win for Norway in their World Group I tie against Portugal with a 7-6(3), 6-2 victory over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jaime-faria/f0f2/overview'Jaime Faria/a./p

pEarlier, Ruud helped Norway take a 2-1 lead, winning the doubles rubber 7-5, 6-3 alongside a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/viktor-durasovic/dc76/overview'Viktor Durasovic/a over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cabral/cl84/overview'Francisco Cabral/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jaime-faria/f0f2/overview'Jaime Faria/a. /p

pThere were star performances yesterday in the tie on Friday from #NextGenATP players a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henrique-rocha/r0go/overview'Henrique Rocha/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolai-budkov-kjaer/b0u4/overview'Nicolai Budkov Kjaer/a. /p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a Boys' singles champion Budkov Kjaer claimed a tight three-set victory over Faria to put Norway 1-0. However, Portugal bounced back thanks to Rocha, who earned the biggest victory of his career by winning 6-3, 6-4 to upset Ruud and level the tie going into Saturdayrsquo;s matches. /p

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