Serbia's Viktor Troicki finished an enchanting Sunday for that central European nation by defeating France's Michael Llodra 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 within the rubber match from the Davis Cup Finals in Belgrade. Serbia entered the day trailing France 2-1, but got a big win from Novak Djokovic about Gilles Simon to make the best-of-five to a ultimate match. Once there, the 30th-ranked Troicki dominated the 23rd-ranked Llodra, breaking him an astounding 8 instances in 14 opportunities and scoring 58 winners to simply 32 for the Frenchman.
Troicki was particularly lethal at the internet, profitable 13 of 15 factors, and while he trailed Llodra in aces (5-2) and made 10 more mistakes (36-26), his opportunistic play and the overwhelming residence court advantage paved the way for that Serbs to win their initial Davis Cup crown the very first time actually. Serbia's extended road to the title commenced when the draw occured in Geneva in September of 2009. Regardless of being unseeded, the Serbs made a huge splash once they upset the third-seeded Usa 3-2 in Belgrade in early March indoors on clay. The Cinderella continued 4 months later in Croatia because they took down the sixth seed 4-1. In late September, just fourteen days right after Djokovic reached the finals of the US Open, he assisted Serbia to some gut-wrenching 3-2 conquer the second-seeded Czech Republic in Belgrade to advance to the finals.
France seemed to be an unexpected finalist, unseeded at the start of the tournament. In france they beat eighth-seeded Germany 4-1, top-seeded France 5-0 and fifth-seeded Argentina 5-0 to go in the finals since the definitive preferred. On Friday, France drew very first blood when Gael Monfils swept Janko Tipsarevic, but Djokovic's win over Gilles SImon evened the score. In france they took a hard-fought 3-6, 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 doubles indicate move to the cusp from the title ahead of Djokovic and Troicki brought out their late heroics. France was in search of its 10th title in case, which may have moved in france they ahead of Great Britain into third put overall. As a substitute, in france they finished as the runner-up for that seventh time, fourth most among any country.
It had been Serbia's 1st trip to the final. The Serbs did not start taking part in the Davis Cup till 2007, and previously had never ever managed to get after dark World-Group Playoffs, shedding to Spain in 2009 and Russia in 2008. Serbia's protection from the title will begin March 4-6, 2011 when the Serbs host India.
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