Marin Cilic beat France's Lucas Pouille in straight sets yesterday to give Croatia an unassailable lead in the Davis Cup final.

Cilic won 7-6, 6-3, 6-3, to dethrone defending champions France and secure Croatia's second Davis Cup, 13 years after their first. Pouille took Cilic to a tie-break in the first set but could not mount a challenge in the next two, losing in two hours, 19 minutes. Croatia won all three singles matches in straight sets. "It's just a dream weekend, we all dreamed of playing as well all weekend," said Cilic. "We did not even concede a service [in singles]."