MADRID — Try telling Viktor Troicki and his Serbian team mates the revamped Davis Cup Finals don’t matter. The 33-year-old was inconsolable on Friday after poking a routine volley out on Serbia’s third match point in the deciding doubles rubber of their quarter-final clash with Russia. God gave me the chance once to be the hero, to win the Davis Cup in the deciding rubber. Troicki missed a return on Russia’s first match point to spark wild celebrations in the Russian camp. The Davis Cup Finals marked the end of 35-year-old Janko Tipsarevic’s career, another of the 2010 heroes, and captain Nenad Zimonjic described it as the end of the golden generation.

Source: National Post November 22, 2019 17:37 UTC