Janko Tipsarevic defeated Canada's Vasek Pospisil in the decisive match of the semi final tie to give Serbia a 3-2 victory that takes them into the final of the Davis Cup against the Czech Republic. Novak Djokovic did what was expected of him by beating Milos Raonic 7-6 (7-1) 6-2 6-2 to make the score 2-2 in the semi-final and then Tipsarevic completed the job with a 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 7-6 (8-6) win over Pospisil in Belgrade.
Serbia will face the Czechs, who comfortably beat Argentina in their semi-final, in the final on 15-17 November on home soil. Serbia were trailing after Saturday's doubles match but Djokovic pulled the tie level with a dominant straight sets win over Raonic. The world number 1 said: "This is like the football World Cup for us." Tipsarevic faced a much tougher match against Pospisil but after the Canadian saved four match points, the Serb managed to win a second tie-break to take the 2010 winners into a second final in four years.
The Czech team had a much easier task as they built a decisive 3-0 lead against Argentina on Saturday. Horacio Zeballos beat Lukas Rosol 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 and Leonardo Mayer defeated Jiri Vesely 6-4 6-4 on Sunday to cut the deficit for Argentina.
Here are the odds for the big final at Bet365:
Serbia to win - 1/3
Czech Republic to win - 9/4
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