• Serbia face
Russia, Australia meet
Spain in semi-finals• Nadal ‘suffered a lot physically’ in win against BelgiumThere is only so far any hero can carry his tribe. Yet after a weary
Novak Djokovic and Serbia limped through the quarter-finals of the ATP Cup into Saturday’s match against Russia,
Rafael Nadal lost and won in the space of a few hours as Spain beat
Belgium 2-1 to book an evening showdown with Australia. Neither will be easy.
It is asking a lot for either the world No 1 or No 2 to reach Sunday’s final of the inaugural 24-nation tournament, especially so close to the start of the
Australian Open in Melbournea week later, but they will let nobody down.