BOLOGNA, Italy — Spain reached the Davis Cup final thanks to doubles pair Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martínez, who defeated Germany’s Tim Pütz and Kevin Krawietz 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 Saturday for a 2-1 win in their semifinal.
Alexander Zverev had kept the Germans’ hopes alive with a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) win over Jaume Munar after Pablo Carreño Busta got Spain off to a winning start against Jan-Lennard Struff. Carreño Busta saved five consecutive set points in the tiebreaker before beating the German veteran 6-4, 7-6 (6).
But Granollers and Martínez shocked Pütz and Krawietz by dealing them just their second Davis Cup loss.
It sent the Spanish team, which was without injured No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, back into the final for the first time in six years.
Spain will face two-time defending champion Italy, which defeated Belgium on Friday.
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