Croatia Beat Belgium to Make Davis Cup Quarterfinal

Borna Ćorić (photo: Davis Cup official)

Croatia has beaten Belgium 3-2 in Liege on Sunday to advance through to the Davis Cup quarterfinals…

Belgium’s David Goffin beat Croatia’s No. 1 Marin Čilić in the first match on Sunday 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to level the tie at 2-2 and force a 5th rubber. It was then up to teenager Borna Ćorić to do the job for Croatia, as he beat Kimmer Coppejans 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 to send his country into the quarterfinals.

On Saturday Ivan Dodig and Franko Škugor had given Croatia a 2-1 advantage by winning the doubles against Belgium’s Ruben Bemelmans and David Goffin 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-1.

The tie was locked at 1-1 after Friday’s opening singles matches when Goffin’s 5-set victory over Borna Ćorić cancelled out Čilić’s comfortable straight sets win over Coppejans in the opening match.

Marin Čilić

Croatia will face USA in the Davis Cup quarterfinals from 15-17 July, with the semifinals set for 16-18 September and the final to be played from 25-27 November.