It was 4-all in the fourth set of the decisive fifth match.
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serve. With his eyes half-closed, his opponent, Borna Coric, tapped his index
finger against his left temple a few times. Then he made a fist and banged it
lightly a few times against his forehead.Focus. Focus. Focus.Thats exactly what
Coric displayed in the tense moments of this Davis Cup battle. He reeled off the
last seven points to end the match -- and the tie -- in exactly three hours,
6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, giving Croatia a stunning win against the United States on
Sunday.Croatia had started the weekend in Portland, Oregon, down 2-0 after
Fridays singles matches. A done deal, right? The U.S. had been 157-3 when it won
its first two matches, while Croatia had never recovered from a 2-0 deficit to
win. But suddenly, after Mike?and Bob Bryan fell Saturday and John Isner lost
his reverse singles rubber earlier Sunday, it came down to Sock and Coric.Coric
is just 19. But he knew the match would go to whoever was mentally stronger.
Earlier in the year, he had clinched the first-round tie against Belgium in a
similar situation. Sock, while 23, had been flung in the deep end. This was his
first Davis Cup tie on home soil. Both men felt the pressure, only one mastered
it.I was fighting with myself. But these guys, they were all the time here for
me, Coric told the crowd after he clinched for the visitors, gesturing to the
Croatian bench.Coric took up tennis at age 8 after watching Croatia clinch its
sole Davis Cup title in 2005.That year, Croatias march to the title began with a
comparable shocker: an upset of a strong U.S. team led by Andre Agassi and Andy
Roddick. Somehow, it probably wont be much consolation to U.S. captain Jim
Courier, Sock & Co.This was a devastating blow to the Americans, whose male
players had left Wimbledon with a lot to feel good about. The two singles
players, No. 16 Isner and No. 26 Sock, made the third round before losing to
higher-ranked players. Sock had never gone the distance in a best-of-five match
until this year, when he won two of three going into this tie.Then on Friday,
Sock made it three of four by digging himself out of a very deep hole. He lost
the first two sets to Marin Cilic but surged back to win. It was the second time
in eight days that Cilic lost after leading by two sets. (Roger Federer pulled
the other comeback in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.) Isner crushed Coric in the
second match, giving up just 11 games. It was an impressive display of American
grit and firepower.After his humiliating loss to Sock, Cilic declared he would
be playing doubles, even though it wasnt part of the game plan. He teamed with
Ivan Dodig to hammer the Bryan brothers, inflicting just the fifth loss in 29
matches for the U.S. doubles specialists. The tie turned on that upset.Fired up,
Cilic met Isner in the fourth match. Isner played a great first set, but Cilic
outdueled him in the tiebreaker and went on to win in straight sets.In my first
match, I didnt show how much spirit we have, said Cilic, the elder statesman of
the Croatian squad. I didnt show my emotion. I wanted it to be different today
to show how motivated we are.The win set the stage for Corics heroics. The only
other time he had played Sock came on the slow red clay of the 2015 French Open,
with the American rolling in straight sets.This one was different. While Sock
seemed to handle the occasion well, he was haunted by the same inconsistency
that hampers him on tour. Hes a wonderful athlete who hasnt quite harnessed all
of his energy, so it is often scattered in every direction instead of being
modulated and channeled into a single productive one.You could say he sometimes
lacks focus.That doesnt appear to be Corics problem.
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. Fellow centre Pavel Datsyuk remains out because of a concussion. Zetterberg
has 11 goals and 19 assists for a team-high 30 points, and Datsyuk has a
team-high 12 goals and 11 assists. WASHINGTON -- The San Diego Padres three-city
road trip didnt begin well. Earning their first series victory against the
Washington Nationals since 2011 is helping to turn it around.Alex Dickerson and
Ryan Schimpf hit back-to-back homers off Shawn Kelley in the eighth inning and
the Padres added four runs off Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth to beat the
Nationals 10-6 on Sunday.Weve been on the road for a little bit, and its
definitely good to come here against a team like this and get two wins out of
it, said Schimpf, whose team suffered a four-game sweep in St. Louis before
winning two of three in Washington.Ryan Buchter (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth
to earn the victory.With the game tied at 6, Wil Myers drew a one-out walk off
Papelbon and moved to second on a wild pitch before Yangervis Solartes RBI
single. The Padres added two more singles to load the bases, setting up Alexei
Ramirezs three-run double.Nationals manager Dusty Baker then relieved Papelbon
(2-3), who was booed after giving up his first runs since June 12.Not to make
excuses, I dont like to use my closer three days in a row and this is three days
in a row for Pap, Baker said. But we didnt have a choice. The ball wasnt coming
out today the way it had been since he came back from the injury.Papelbon, who
hadnt pitched on three consecutive days since May 29-31, insisted he was not
tired.I think just location, Papelbon said. Coming in there, a situation where
weve got to preserve everything we can, and every pitch matters in that
situation. One pitch away from getting out of that. Boiled down to missed
location on Solarte and he was able to just get enough barrel on the ball to
have that one drop right in front of (outfielder Michael A.) Taylor.The
Nationals led 6-4 before Kelley, who entered to start the eighth, yielded
consecutive home runs. It was the ninth home run in July for Schimpf, a Padres
record for a rookie in a calendar month. San Diego also extended a franchise
record with its 22nd consecutive game with a home run.Everyone played their part
today and everyone came through, Ramirez said. The eighth inning was just as
important as the ninth tying it and it allowed us to keep fighhting in the game.
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recalled top prospect Lucas Giolito before the game. The right-hander, making
his third career start, gave up four runs and four hits in 3 1/3 innings, then
was optioned back to Triple-A Syracuse along with Taylor after the loss.San
Diego start Christian Friedrich gave up five runs and six hits in 3 innings. The
Padres bullpen combined to allow three hits and a walk in 6 innings.You get a
short outing from your starter and he didnt quite have his stuff today, and the
bullpen comes up with six innings and gives up one run, Padres manager Andy
Green said. It was a borderline-dominant effort from them.FORGETTABLE PLAYSan
Diegos fourth-inning rally was halted when Washington catcher Wilson Ramos
picked Derek Norris off first base with the bases loaded and one out. Norris
established a big lead with the shift on, but first baseman Daniel Murphy snuck
in behind him to take Ramos throw.Its no small thing, and honestly, its
borderline embarrassing when things like that happen on a baseball field, Green
said. Its not on him or any person in particular, but were better than
that.GLOVER OPTIONEDWashington optioned RHP Koda Glover to Triple-A Syracuse.
Glover pitched two scoreless innings for the Nationals last week in his first
major league action.TRAINERS ROOMPadres: OF Melvin Upton Jr., a possible trade
deadline target for contending teams, was not in the lineup. I think theres a
lot swirling around him right now, and it just felt like the right time to put
him down and let him have a day of rest, Green said.Nationals: The team said RHP
Aaron Barrett, who underwent Tommy John surgery in September, suffered a right
elbow fracture Friday and will have surgery Monday.UP NEXTPadres: San Diego
begins the final stop on a 10-game road trip when it opens a three-game series
against Toronto on Monday. Colin Rea (5-4, 5.01) faces the Blue Jays for the
first time.Nationals: Gio Gonzalez (6-8, 4.53) starts Tuesday at Cleveland as
Washington begins a nine-game road trip after playing 15 of its last 19 at home.
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