The team led by Guillermo Coria will face the Lithuanian team, in the rivalry that will determine if it continues in the 2024 World Group Qualifiers or if it drops to the American Zone.
Argentina’s Davis Cup team will host Lithuania in September in the Repechage that will determine whether they continue to play in the 2024 World Group Qualifiers or it will go down to the American Zone, according to the draw made today in London by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
The draw made by the ITF is favorable for the Argentine team, due to that facte will be local and certainly on a clay surface against a rival that does not have a tennis player in the “top 100” of the ATP world ranking, not in singles or doubles.
Argentina, with Guillermo Coria as captain, were left in the uncomfortable situation of having to reaffirm their place in the group of elite nations after having lost last weekend with Finland 3-1 in the city of Espoo, in one of the 2023 Qualifiers.
The team led by the “Wizard” Coria fell in the cold city of Espoo with a formation that did not include its main racket, Diego Schwartzman (28), or Sebastián Báez (47), and Horacio Zeballos, from in Mar del Plata, did not want to join. 13 in the world in doubles.
In Finland, Argentina presented a team with Francisco Cerúndolo (31), two rookiesPedro Cachín (66) and Facundo Bagnis (88), and doubles players Andrés Molteni (39) and Máximo González (48), a formation that did not achieve the goal of passing the series but that, however, if repeated, was competitive to receive the Lithuanians in seven months.
The Lithuanian team to face Argentina in the Davis Cup
In that sense, L.Ituania offers the experience Ricardas Berankis (193), 32 years old and with a lot of Davis Cup experience, Because he played a total of 27 series over 17 years, with a record of 43 wins and 16 losses.
Berankis could join juniors Vilius Gaubas (760) and Edas Butvilas (786), both 18 years old, along with doubles players Tadas Babelis (1802) and Tomas Vaise (2184).
When will the repechage between Argentina and Lithuania be held in the Davis Cup?
The Series to be played the week after the US Open (from August 28 to September 10) is largely dependent on Argentinawhich will definitely get all his tennis players and also the “Wizard” Coria as captain.
Coria wants an accessible rival and above all “that’s local”, that’s what he wishes, perhaps to avoid a repeat of what the last exits were, the latest against the Finns and the previous one in September for the 2022 Finals, in Bologna ., which has three consecutive defeats against Sweden, Italy and Croatia.
What about the Davis Cup repechages
- Bosnia and Herzegovina-Germany
- Bulgaria-Kazakhstan
- Belgium-Uzbekistan
- Ukraine-Colombia
- Hungary-Turkey
- Israel-Japan
- Austria-Portugal
- Greece-Slovakia
- Peru-Norway
- Romania-China
- Denmark-Brazil
Source: Tycsports
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