BOLOGNA, Italy — Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez combined to beat Tomas Machac and Jakub Mensik in the deciding doubles to help Spain rally past Czech Republic and reach the semifinals of the Davis Cup with a 2-1 win on Thursday.

Granollers and Martinez lifted in the absence of top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, the six-time Grand Slam champion who withdrew from Spain's team because of a hamstring injury.

Spain, which hadn't reached the semifinals since it won the last of its six Davis Cup titles in 2019, will next face No. 2-seeded Germany, which defeated Argentina 2-1.

Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz outlasted Andres Molteni and Horacio Zeballos in a third-set tiebreaker in the deciding doubles match to give Germany the quarterfinal victory.

Argentina was trying to win its 100th Davis Cup

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