Twenty-six years ago, Spain fell to Brazil in the Davis Cup tie. It remains the most recent defeat of the most decorated nation on an outdoor clay surface, although it could have changed during weekend!
Spain hosted Denmark at theClub de Tenis Puente Romano inMarbella in the Qualifiers 2nd round and prevailed 3-2 after one of their most remarkable comebacks in this competition!
The host nation played without the US Open champions, Carlos Alcaraz and Marcel Granollers. They lost the opening two singles ties before winning three matches on Sunday to punch the Bologna ticket.
Holger Rune and Elmer Moeller led Denmark toward a massive 2-0 lead. Rune had a match point in the fourth runner against Pedro Martinez. He wasted it and missed a chance to provide Denmark's most notable Davis Cup triumph.
Pedro Martinez brought two points for his country, and Pablo Carreno Busta earned a decisive win to propel the home nation over the top. Rune and Carreno Busta opened the tie.
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The Dane secured a 7-5, 6-3victory for an early lead. Holger lost serve two times and provided four breaks from as many chances. The better-ranked player claimed the opener with a late break in game 12.
Holger stepped in and grabbed three straight games at 3-3 to emerge at the top. Jaume Munar and Elmer Moeller stepped onto the court in the second rubber.
The young Dane secured a notable 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory, sending Denmark closer to the finish line. Moeller saved seven of 13 break points and provided seven breaks from ten opportunities.
Munar rattled off six straight games in the opener and claimed it in style. Moeller responded in the second set and forced a decider. They traded breaks two times before the Dane claimed three straight games from 3-4 to send Denmark 2-0 in front after the opening day.
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Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar had to win the doubles runner on Sunday to keep their country alive. They lost the opening set against August Holmgren and Johannes Ingildsen before prevailing 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Pedro Martinez and Holger Rune battled in the fourth runner, and everything could have been over for Spain! However, the Dane wasted a match point in a 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 defeat in three hours and 15 minutes!
Martinez controlled the pace and forged a 6-1, 4-2 lead. However, Rune rattled off four games and forced a decider. In the most thrilling set of the week, Holger moved 5-3 in front and had a match point on serve in game nine.
Pedro denied it and broke back to keep his country alive. The match went into a tie break, and the Spaniard used his boost and landed a service winner at 6-3 to seal the deal and lock the overall score at 2-2.
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Pablo Carreno Busta carried the momentum and provided a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Elmer Moeller in under an hour and a half to complete an incredible comeback for Spain.
The home player defended both break points and secured three breaks to control the scoreboard and propel Spain into the Davis Cup Final in Bologna.
