Djokovic wins to keep Serbia alive
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Top-ranked Novak Djokovic beat Milos Raonic in straight sets yesterday to bring Serbia level with Canada at 2-2 in their Davis Cup semifinal.
Djokovic won 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-2 in a 2-hour, 8-minute match on an indoor claycourt at Belgrade Arena.
The best-of-five series will be decided in the last singles match played later between Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic and Canada's Vasek Pospisil.
Canada has never made it this far in the Davis Cup, while Serbia won the event in 2010.
The winner will face the Czech Republic, which defeated Argentina in the other semifinal.
Earlier, world No. 3 Andy Murray steered Britain back among the Davis Cup elite with a straight-sets victory over Croatia's Ivan Dodig in Umag.
Murray, who turned out for his country for the first time in two years, capped a fine weekend with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 victory to give Britain a 3-1 lead and put it in this week's draw for the World Group after a five-year absence.
The Wimbledon champion, who beat 16-year-old Borna Coric on Friday and then teamed up with Colin Fleming to win Saturday's doubles, was far too strong for a weary Dodig who hung on grimly at the end, saving two match points before succumbing.
Spain, inspired by the return of Rafael Nadal, needed only two days to crush Ukraine 3-0 to retain its place in the World Group, having been required to face a playoff after losing in the first round to Canada.
Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan and Australia also won their playoffs.
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