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The Russian Tennis Federation has won the Davis Cup for the third time after beating Croatia 2-0 in the final in Madrid.
World number two Daniil Medvedev beat Marin Cilic 7-6 (9-7) 6-2 after Andrey Rublev put them ahead in Madrid.
Medvedev was unbeaten throughout the tournament in a year where he won his maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open.
He was also part of the team who won the ATP Cup at the start of the season.
“It feels amazing”, Medvedev said afterwards. “But I’m more happy for the team than for myself. We have an amazing team, amazing atmosphere. I’m happy to be part of it and bring the points we need. It’s never easy to come here at the end of the season but they were some of the best weeks of my career.”
RTF move to joint-7th place on the all-time list for most Davis Cup titles! ?
32 – USA ??
28 – Australia ??
10 – France ??
10 – Great Britain ??
7 – Sweden ??
6 – Spain ??
3 – Czech Republic ??
3 – Germany ??
3 – RTF ⚪️??#DavisCupFinals #byRakuten pic.twitter.com/kzTC09OHLi— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) December 5, 2021
It’s the first time RTF has won the Davis Cup since 2006 and it completes a clean sweep of the national team competitions in the last month, after the Russian women won the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Prague
While Croatia were playing their third final in five years, losing to Argentina in 2016 before beating France to win the trophy in 2018.