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Serbia's Novak Djokovic gestures during his Davis Cup final tennis match against France's Gilles Simon...
Serbia's Novak Djokovic has not ruled out playing doubles in the Davis Cup final after levelling the tie 1-1 with France on Friday.Serbia captain Bogdan Obradovic has paired Nenad Zimonjic with Viktor Troicki in Saturday's doubles which has taken on enormous importance after the two sides split the singles.
However, Obradovic is allowed to change his selections up to an hour before the start and could yet team world number three Djokovic with doubles specialist Zimonjic.
"Well, it's open," Djokovic told reporters after a 6-3 6-1 7-5 defeat of Gilles Simon pulled Serbia level with the nine-times champions after Janko Tipsarevic was crushed 6-1 7-6 6-0 by Gael Monfils in the opening singles.
"We'll discuss it tonight and find the best possible solution and see what we're going to do about that.
"Definitely we need to try to get a win tomorrow. It's going to be very important for us to get a 2-1 lead going into the last two matches," added Djokovic.
He looked razor sharp against Simon, clinching victory in little more than two hours, and will also play the first reverse singles against Monfils on Sunday.
Obradovic also hinted he could change his doubles lineup as Serbia attempt to win the trophy for the first time.
"I want to congratulate Novak," he said. "He played really good. Three very quick sets for Davis Cup. He saved a lot of energy for maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow."
(Editing by Tony Jimenez. To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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