To reach the playoffs, Andrei Rublev and Aslan Karatsev needed to win only one game in a doubles match with the Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Feliciano Lopez.
The Russians coped with this task and in any case will overtake Serbia in terms of the percentage of games won and lost among the second-placed teams in the event that they still lose to Spain in the confrontation.
Now, if it succeeds in the doubles match, Russia will leave the group from the first place and play in the playoffs with Sweden, and if it loses, it will take the second position and meet with Kazakhstan.
Earlier it was reported that Medvedev beat Carreño-Busta and equalized the score in the match between Russia and Spain in the Davis Cup.