BOLOGNA, Italy (AFP) — Spain and Germany will face off in the semifinals of the Davis Cup after coming through respective Last Eight ties in Bologna with the Czech Republic and Argentina on Thursday.

The Spanish came back from one match down to beat the Czech Republic, 2-1, while Germany — and world No. 3 Alexander Zverev — saw off Argentina by the same scoreline.

Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez beat Tomas Machac and Jakub Mensik 7-6 (10/8), 7-6 (10/8) to seal Spain’s passage to the Last Four.

Jaume Munar set Spain up to win the tie by beating Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-4 and levelling up the match after Pablo Carreno Busta was beaten by world No. 19 Mensik 7-5, 6-4.

Spain’s biggest star, Carlos Alcaraz, pulled out of the tournament on Tuesday with a hamstring injury suffered during his defeat to Jannik Sinner in the title match of the ATP Finals on Sunday.

The six-time Grand Slam champion said in the aftermath of that defeat that his hamstring hadn’t affected him, even though it was strapped up during a medical timeout.

World No. 1 Alcaraz is one of three top-10 players to have dropped out of the Davis Cup finals in northern Italy, where fans have also been denied the chance to see Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti play for the Azzurri.

Former Olympic champion Zverev is the highest-ranked player left at the Davis Cup finals, and he drew the later tie level by beating Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), after Tomas Martin Etcheverry put Argetina ahead by with a 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (9/7) win over Jan-Lennard Struff.