Davis Cup Final 2016: Saturday Score and Reaction for Croatia vs. Argentina

Croatia will head into the last day of the 2016 Davis Cup final in the lead after an eventful doubles victory on Saturday put them 2-1 in front.

Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro and Croatia’s Marin Cilic got the better of Ivo Karlovic and Federico Delbonis, respectively, on Day 1 to leave the scores at 1-1 after the opening day. But Cilic once again showed his class to edge his nation in front.

Alongside Ivan Dodig, the 2014 U.S. Open champion orchestrated a hugely entertaining 3-0 triumph over Del Potro and Leonardo Mayer, 7-6, 7-6, 6-3.

In front of a raucous home crowd, Croatia started the match by holding on to a comfortable service game, and that set the tone for the first set.

Neither team gave an inch on serve—only one break point went up for grabs throughout the opener—forcing a tiebreak.

Two early breaks gave Croatia the perfect platform to win the first set, and they did by 7-2 in the tiebreak. A trademark big serve from Cilic drew the curtain on the set, via Davis Cup:

Here is the moment #Cilic and #Dodig clinched a tight opening set in the tiebreak! pic.twitter.com/K9h8Un8V6D

— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) November 26, 2016

Inspired net play from Dodig in the second set brought about the first break of the match as Croatia surged into a 2-1 lead.

However, in the eighth, Argentina struck back, as the visitors converted their first break point of the …

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