Third set comeback not enough for Danes in Davis Cup doubles defeat against Bulgaria

[p]The Danish men's doubles pair of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ingildsen-johannes/dOpU5N1s/"]Johannes Ingildsen[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/holmgren-august/QTqxSQsj/"]August Holmgren[/a] failed to secure a lead for the hosts in the Davis Cup tie against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bulgaria/dlL7WWu8/"]Bulgaria[/a]. In a thrilling match, the Danes lost 6-4, 2-6, 6-7 to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/donski-alexander/hvM3ptDk/"]Alexander Donski[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nesterov-petr/OvQcnjPp/"]Petr Nesterov[/a].[/p][p]The Danes saved a total of four match points before losing the deciding tie-break 6-8. At Thursday's draw, August Holmgren was slated to play doubles with Carl Emil Overbeck, but—unsurprisingly—team captain Frederik Lochte Nielsen chose to replace Overbeck with the team's highest-ranked doubles player, Johannes Ingildsen.[/p][p][b]The Danish duo got off to a perfect start,[/b] breaking the Bulgarians' serve to take a 2-1 lead. They were solid on their own serve and, without conceding any break points, closed out the set 6-4.[/p][p][b]The Danes never really found their rhythm in the second set; they were broken early on and lost 2-6[/b]. The third set was evenly contested from the start, with few opportunities for a break.[/p][p][b]It looked like the match was decided when the Bulgarians broke to lead 5-3[/b], but the Danes—who hadn't come close to a break for some time—suddenly raised their level with their backs against the wall. They broke back to level the score at 5-5.[/p][p]Trailing 5-6, the Danes faced two match points but saved both; by winning four consecutive points, they forced the match into a deciding tie-break.[/p][p]In the tie-break, the Danes faced two more match points at 4-6, but the Bulgarians failed to convert those as well. [b]However, it ended in disappointment for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/denmark/f756O8ml/"]Denmark[/a], as the Bulgarians won the next two points and, with them, the match.[/b][/p][p]This leaves the score at 2–1 in Bulgaria's favor heading into the final singles matches.[/p]