The best placed racquet on the circuit at the moment is optimistic about the key in which the passage to the World Group will be played.
Chilean tennis is only a few days away from one of its biggest challenges of the year: entering the World Group, the planetary elite of this sport. For that, the team managed by Nicolás Massú must beat Kazakhstan at home, in a series which, on paper, looks very balanced. Cristian Garín (87th in the ATP ranking), Alejandro Tabilo (102nd), Nicolás Jarry (154th), Tomás Barrios (229th) and Gonzalo Lama (283rd) are responsible for representing the country.
christian garin the national racket best located currently, values the preparation they have had these days: “It was a pretty good day of practice. I’ve been here in Chile for two weeks now and it’s very nice to have the Davis Cup here in such an important series. It motivates me a lot to do better, to be able to train a hundred these days and arrive well focused and prepared for Saturday.” Gago said at the end of the delegation’s fourth day of training.
“We are used to playing at sea level”
Moreover, he is optimistic and considers that the place, which will be on the Trentino campus in La Serena, favors Chile: “I think it’s a tough series; We have a good chance of being local, the conditions are good. I think the grip still needs to be improved, but the rest of the conditions favor us a lot, we are used to playing at sea level.” .
Finally, Garin had words for his rivals this weekend: “I think they’re a pretty solid and strong team, they’re very balanced and we’re going to have to be a hundred if we want to win.” .
Note that the European team is made up of Alexander Bublik (36th), Timofei Skatov (144th), Mikhail Kukushkin (196th); in addition to the representatives of the double Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Andrey Golubev (49th). Its captain is Yuri Shchukin.
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