The doubles team of Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez won the deciding match to propel underdog Spain to a 2-1 victory over Germany in the semi-finals of the 2025 Davis Cup played in Bologna, Italy.

Spain, playing without the world's top player Carlos Alcaraz, advances to Sunday's Cup Finals match vs. two-time defending champion Italy.

After a split of the singles matches, Granollers, the sixth-ranked doubles player in the rankings, teamed with Martinez, ranked 98th, to defeat German veterans Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Krawietz and Putz and tied for 11th in the rankings. They had only lost one prior Davis Cup match.

The Spanish duo broke the Germans at love in the fourth game of the deciding set. They faced one break point at 5-3, but captured three consecutive poin

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