{"id":587819,"date":"2025-11-23T01:30:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/587819\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T01:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:30:52","slug":"granollers-and-martinez-helps-spain-stun-germany-to-reach-davis-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/587819\/","title":{"rendered":"Granollers and Mart\u00ednez helps Spain stun Germany to reach Davis Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) \u2014 Spain reached the Davis Cup final thanks to doubles pair Marcel Granollers and Pedro Mart\u00ednez, who defeated Germany\u2019s Tim P\u00fctz and Kevin Krawietz 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 Saturday for a 2-1 win in their semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Zverev had kept the Germans\u2019 hopes alive with a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) win over Jaume Munar after Pablo Carre\u00f1o Busta got Spain off to a winning start against Jan-Lennard Struff.<\/p>\n<p>Carre\u00f1o Busta saved five consecutive set points in the tiebreaker before beating the German veteran 6-4, 7-6 (6).<\/p>\n<p>But Granollers and Mart\u00ednez shocked P\u00fctz and Krawietz by dealing them just their second Davis Cup loss.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/news\/7417331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"promo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/promo.png\" alt=\"\"   width=\"500\" height=\"100\" style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It sent the Spanish team, which was without injured No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, back into the final for the first time in six years.<\/p>\n<p>Spain will face two-time defending champion Italy, which defeated Belgium on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP tennis: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4a8406339404757f65e8fbae42b3b89bf83ed22d17e81e3744b34803c5d597e2.jpg\" alt=\"Granollers and Mart\u00ednez helps Spain stun Germany to reach Davis Cup final | iNFOnews.ca\" title=\"Granollers and Mart\u00ednez helps Spain stun Germany to reach Davis Cup final | iNFOnews.ca\"\/>Spain\u2019s Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez celebrate with their teammates after winning against Germany\u2019s Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz during a Davis Cup double semifinal tennis match between Spain and Germany, in Bologna, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo\/Luca Bruno)<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6940b8d4b02a90e920e20c6764231c1a2bf2b26066a9004e8cfa779aacd4d413.jpg\" alt=\"Granollers and Mart\u00ednez helps Spain stun Germany to reach Davis Cup final | iNFOnews.ca\" title=\"Granollers and Mart\u00ednez helps Spain stun Germany to reach Davis Cup final | iNFOnews.ca\"\/>Spain\u2019s Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez celebrate with their teammates after winning against Germany\u2019s Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz during a Davis Cup double semifinal tennis match between Spain and Germany, in Bologna, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo\/Luca Bruno)<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3c36c009bcebee2ffcafcfda21fa618777ca9e5bd305ec7200a696d2d3b36eb2.jpg\" alt=\"Granollers and Mart\u00ednez helps Spain stun Germany to reach Davis Cup final | iNFOnews.ca\" title=\"Granollers and Mart\u00ednez helps Spain stun Germany to reach Davis Cup final | iNFOnews.ca\"\/>Germany\u2019s Kevin Krawietz, left, and Tim Puetz talk during a Davis Cup double semifinal tennis match against Spain\u2019s Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez, in Bologna, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo\/Luca Bruno)<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/7dd396ee1ebf590bb8556c12fe9499eeccf8305aa511aee92d28a94188fbe4aa.jpg\" alt=\"Granollers and Mart\u00ednez helps Spain stun Germany to reach Davis Cup final | iNFOnews.ca\" title=\"Granollers and Mart\u00ednez helps Spain stun Germany to reach Davis Cup final | iNFOnews.ca\"\/>Spain\u2019s Pedro Martinez, top left, returns the ball with his teammate Marcel Granollers during a Davis Cup double semifinal tennis match against Germany\u2019s Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz, in Bologna, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo\/Luca Bruno)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) \u2014 Spain reached the Davis Cup final thanks to doubles pair Marcel Granollers and Pedro&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-587819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115596434637535220","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}