The Argentine, 88th in the ATP ranking, fell to local Ruusuvuori (43rd) 7-5, 6-1 and the team led by Guillermo Coria lost 3-1 and will face the playoffs in September.
Facundo Bagnisnumber 88 in the ATP rankings, lost locally Emil Ruusuvuori (43rd) by 7-5 and 6-1 and Argentina lost the series against Finland, as a guest, for the Qualifiers of Davis cup.
There is no place for victory at the Espoo Metro Arena and Bagnis, born in Armstrong, Santa Fe, and ranked 88th in the ATP world ranking, lost to Ruusuvuori (43), the best Finnish tennis player, in After one hour and 26 minutes, which ended in Argentina’s defeat.
The team led by Guillermo Coria, left without their main tennis player, Francisco Cerúndolo (31), due to a right adductor injury that led to his replacement by Bagnis, needed to win the fourth point to force the fifth point of Pedro from Cordoba had to play Cachín (68) and local Otto Virtanen (181).
The series for Argentina in the cold city of Espoo started inauspiciously on Saturday with the defeat of Cachín against Ruusuvuori by 7-5 and 6-3, although then equality came with the subsequent victory of Cerúndolo against Otto Virtanen by 6-3, 3-6 and 7-6 (3).
Finland, playing in the Davis Cup Finals for the first time, went 2-1 ahead with a crucial doubles victory by Ruusuvuori and Harri Heliovaara over Máximo González and Andrés Molteni 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6- 4 , and achieved the final victory in his number one victory over Bagnis.
So Finland, one of the winners of the Qualifiers at the weekend, advances to the group stage of the 2023 Finals, a stage where they will join the 2022 champions and runners-up (Canada and Australia) and the two visitors ( Italy and Spain), along with 12 other countries.
The new qualifiers so far are the aforementioned Finland along with Great Britain, Switzerland, United States, Sweden, France and Serbia.
The group stage will be held the week of September 11, at four venues to be confirmed later by the ITF and the Kosmos Group.
In Argentina’s case, it will not participate in the Finals with the tennis elite countries and will have to play in September against a rival to be announced next week.
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