Marin Cilic on Wednesday led Croatia into the Davis Cup semi-finals, knocking out six-time champions Spain who were missing Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal, the world's two top-ranked players.
His 20 aces helped alleviate the damage caused by 15 double faults as the 10,000-strong home crowd at the Palacio de Deportes was stunned into silence by Croatia who were runners-up to Russia in the 2021 final.
Rafa has been during all his career a leader of the team.
"I also mixed up the rhythm, as well, which is very important against him.
In Thursday's remaining quarter-finals, 32-time Davis Cup champions United States face Italy while Germany take on Canada.

Source - NDTV

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