Carlos Alcaraz may have been forced to withdraw from the Davis Cup Finals due to injury, but that doesn’t mean that he still isn’t occupying the position of No. 1 cheerleader.
Alcaraz was tuned in for Spain’s exciting 2-1 comeback against Czechia on Thursday from his couch after withdrawing from the competition as a result of a hamstring injury he suffered in his loss to Jannik Sinner in the final of the ATP Finals in Turin on Sunday.
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After Jakub Mensik beat Pablo Carreno Busta in the first match, Jaume Munar, who stepped in for Alcaraz in Spain’s No. 1 position, defeated Jiri Lehecka for his first Davis Cup win to send the tie to a deciding doubles match.
In the final tilt, Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez edged Mensik and Tomas Machac in two tiebreaks to send Spain through to the semifinals for the first time since 2019. An inspired effort by Granollers and Martinez saw them save two set points in each set.
