{"id":298483,"date":"2025-11-21T03:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/298483\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T03:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:47:07","slug":"krawietz-puetz-save-3-mps-zverev-germany-survive-argentina-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/298483\/","title":{"rendered":"Krawietz\/Puetz save 3 MPs, Zverev & Germany survive Argentina | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Davis Cup Finals
\n Krawietz\/Puetz save 3 MPs, Zverev & Germany survive Argentina<\/p>\n

Germany will face Spain in last four<\/p>\n

November 21, 2025<\/p>\n

\"Alexander<\/p>\n

AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Alexander Zverev, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz celebrate Germany’s victory against Argentina Thursday evening.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n

Germany narrowly survived a stern test from Argentina 2-1 in their Davis Cup quarter-final tie Thursday evening in Bologna.<\/p>\n

Tomas Martin Etcheverry<\/a> gave Argentina the early lead with a 7-6(3), 7-6(7) victory against Jan-Lennard Struff<\/a>. But Germany would not be denied a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Cerundolo entered his clash against Alexander Zverev<\/a> with a 3-1 Lexus ATP Head2Head series lead against the German, but was unable to seal the tie for his country. Zverev, the No. 3 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, emerged victorious 6-4, 7-6(3) to force a deciding doubles rubber.<\/p>\n

Kevin Krawietz<\/a> and Tim Puetz<\/a>, the 2024 Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> champions, faced three match points in the final-set tie-break before prevailing against Andres<\/a> Molteni and Horacio Zeballos<\/a> 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(10).<\/p>\n

On the Germans’ fifth match point, Krawietz rushed the net to put pressure on the Argentines, who were also at net, before Puetz hit a forehand winner that landed just inside the baseline.<\/p>\n

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The Germans will next face an experienced Spain team that dug deep to oust the young talents of Czechia in a thriller.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After Jakub Mensik<\/a> and Jaume Munar<\/a> had each earned singles wins for their respective countries to leave the last-eight encounter at 1-1, Marcel Granollers<\/a> and Pedro Martinez<\/a> edged Tomas Machac<\/a> and Mensik 7-6(8), 7-6(8) in an enthralling doubles rubber to seal victory for Spain. <\/p>\n

Final 4 \ud83d\udd1c<\/p>\n

Granollers and Martinez win the tie for Team Spain, outlasting Machac\/Mensik 7-6(8) 7-6(8) to reach the semi-finals! \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8@DavisCup<\/a> | #DavisCup<\/a> | @RFETenis<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WD3ZQwQ9gf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) November 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The 39-year-old Granollers, a former No. 1 in the PIF ATP Doubles Rankings, and 28-year-old Martinez saved three set points in the first-set tie-break and two set points in the second-set tie-break for their decisive victory. It was finally sealed when #NextGenATP Mensik fired a double fault under pressure at 8\/9 in the second-set tie-break, ensuring Spain advanced to a semi-final clash on Saturday against second seed Germany.<\/p>\n

The stage had been set for the doubles showdown after 20-year-old Mensik eased past Pablo Carreno Busta<\/a> 7-5, 6-4 in the opening singles rubber, before Jaume Munar<\/a> downed Jiri Lehecka<\/a> 6-3, 6-4 to level the tie. A six-time Davis Cup champion, Spain is into the semi-finals for the first time since lifting its most recent title in 2019. <\/p>\n

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