Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final: Czech Republic leads Serbia 2-1

Written by: Staff on 16th November 2013

Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final: Czech Republic leads Serbia 2-1 |

Czech Republic leads Serbia 2-1 at the end of the second day of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final in Belgrade, Serbia on 15-17 November.

Before Saturday’s doubles rubber, Serbia’s Nenad Zimonjic was honoured with the Davis Cup Award of Excellence by the ITF and the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The award recognises a Davis Cup player, past or present, who demonstrates a strong commitment to the spirit of the competition. The award was presented on court by ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti and Serbian tennis great Slobodan Zivojinovic, a past recipient of the award.

There is comprehensive coverage of the Final on the official Davis Cup website and social media all weekend. This includes a live blog, live scoring, daily reports, photographs, audio interviews, podcasts, video features and live streaming. The ITF has also launched an interactive social media page on DavisCup.com and CopaDavis.com. Follow all the action on www.daviscup.com, www.copadavis.com, www.twitter.com/daviscup, www.facebook.com/DavisCupTennis and www.daviscup.tv.

Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in sport with 130 nations taking part in 2013 in the ITF’s centenary year. The competition is 114 years old having been founded in 1900. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Davis Cup. International sponsors are HP (Official Technology Sponsor), Rolex (Official Timekeeper) Hugo Boss (Official Men’s Fashion Clothing Sponsor), Adecco (Official HR Sponsor) and NH Hoteles (Official Hotel). Wilson Sporting Goods (Official Ball) is an international partner.

For further information, please contact ITF Communications on Email: communications@itftennis.com.

WORLD GROUP FINAL

CZECH REPUBLIC leads SERBIA 2-1

Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, SRB (hard – indoors)

Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Radek Stepanek (CZE) 75 61 64

Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 63 64 63

Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Ilija Bozoljac/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 62 64 76(4)

Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Tomas Berdych (CZE)

Dusan Lajovic (SRB) v Radek Stepanek (CZE)

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