The platense Tomas Etcheverry he couldn’t with the Kazakh Timofey Skatov In the second point of the series Davis Cup against Kazakhstan and Argentina drew 1-1, since then Francis cerundolo He had won in the first round at the Rosario Jockey Club.
This Sunday it will be the turn of the doubles, first of all, with the Argentine pair formed by André Molteni AND Massimo González. From 11am, broadcast by TyC Sports.
Etcheverry, number 28 in the ATP ranking, was defeated by Skatov (278) 6-4 and 7-5. Therefore, the team led by Guillermo Coria He finished tied with his rival on the first day of competition.
Cerúndolo, the best Argentine tennis player today, beat first Dmitry Popko by 7-5 and 6-2 and put Argentina ahead 1-0 in the series in Rosario, for example Qualifiers 2024.
Cerúndolo (22) had some ups and downs in the first set, even if in the end he managed to take it, and in the second he was clearly superior to Popko (338th in the world) giving the first point to Davis’ Argentine team led by Guillermo Coria.
“It was a very tough match. The conditions are very difficult, the heat, and it was a bit difficult to start but luckily in the second I settled in. Opening the series is never easy but it’s very nice to win in front of “La folks and Davis. The goal is to return to the World Group, we have a good group and the hope of reaching the final in September”, declared Cerúndolo in front of the crowd that filled the stadium.
Argentina competes in the 2024 qualifiers with the aim of being among the 16 best nations to contest the finals in September, divided into four zones of four. From there the qualifiers for the Final 8 will emerge, scheduled for November, at the end of the ATP calendar.
Source: Clarin
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