Novak Djokovic marked his return to action with a dominant 6-0 6-1 victory over Greece's Ioannis Xilas to put Serbia in control of the Davis Cup tie. (More Tennis News)
The 24-time major winner was playing his first match since his US Open third-round defeat by Alexei Popyrin at Flushing Mea♏dows a fortnight ago.
And Djokovic, who helped his nation win the Davis Cup in 2010, looked close to his best as he dropped just a single game, while converting five of the💫 seven break points he forced.
Wrapping up a dominant victory in just 45 minutes, he put Serbia 2-🦋0 to th🎐e good in the World Group I tie.
Elsewhere in that group, Casper Ru♐ud helped Norway wrap up a 3-1 win over Portugal.
The three-time major finalist, who put his nation 2-1 to the good alongside Viktor Durasovic in 𝓀the doubles rubber, was a 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 vic🌼tor over Jaime Faria in their singles clash.
Later in the day, Argentina booked their place in the final eight after Maximo Gonzalez and ✨Andres Molteni saw off Finland in the🔯 doubles decider.
