( CNN ) Novak Djokovic led Serbia to the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup World Group after answering a late call to play in Saturday 's last 16 doubles victory over neighbor and rival Croatia . Teammate Viktor Troicki had been due to play in the doubles rubber alongside Nenad Zimonjic , but a draining five-set singles match with Croatian teen starlet Borna Coric on Friday convinced Serbia coach Bogdan Obradovic to draft in the fresher Djokovic . It was an inspired choice . The Serbian pair took less than two hours to defeat Franko Skugor and Marin Draganja 6-3 , 6-4 , 6-1 , securing an unassailable 3-0 aggregate lead in the best of five tie after singles wins for Djokovic and Troicki over their Croatian opponents Friday . `` We wanted to finish the job today , to take advantage of the fact that we won the first singles and that was done , '' Djokovic said in quotes carried by the AFP news agency after the match . The World No 1. singles player has looked strong all week after losing in straight sets to Roger Federer at the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships seven days ago . He was cheered on by a packed and passionate home crowd at the Kraljevo Sports Center . Serbia has won the Davis Cup once before , in 2010 when it defeated Croatia on the way to the final . France marches on . In the day 's other Davis Cup ties , France secured a last 16 slot for the sixth consecutive year . Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut 's comfortable doubles victory over Germany 's Benjamin Becker and Andre Begemann pushed the French over the line 3-0 . The Bryan brothers fought back to secure doubles victory for the U.S. over Great Britain in Glasgow , reducing the 2-0 deficit built up by singles victories from Andy Murray and James Ward Friday . Meanwhile , defending champions Switzerland , playing without Roger Federer or Stan Wawrinka , are on the brink after falling 2-1 behind Belgium as Michael Lammer and Adrien Bossel lost 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 to Ruben Bemelmans and Adrien Bossel .
Novak Djokovic answers late call to help Serbia to CNN victory over Croatia . France through to last 16 but Great Britain made to wait . Reigning champions Switzerland on brink after doubles loss against Belgium .