The Argentine team will face the Kazakh team in the Championship Qualifiers, in February as a local team.
Argentina will be local Kazakhstan in February for the Qualifiers of Davis Cup 2024 tennis, qualifiers for the September Finals, determined by the draw that will be held today in Malaga, Spain.
The “albiceleste” team, champion of the 2016 edition, will face the Asian country for the third timewhere they recorded a balance of one victory (5-0, quarterfinals 2011) and one loss (2-3 in the playoffs of the 2017 edition).
The tie will be played between Friday the 2nd and Saturday the 3rd, or Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th, at the choice of the Argentina team. who won his home field right by visiting his rival Astana in the previous antecedent.
In that series, held on hard and indoor courts in Astana, Argentina was represented by Guido Pella, Diego Schwartzman and doubles player Máximo González-Andrés Molteni.
Six years earlier, on the clay of Parque Roca, Juan Mónaco, Juan Ignacio Chela, Juan Martín Del Potro and Eduardo Schwank (a doubles player with Chela) swept the Kazakhs to advance to the semifinals of the tournament.
The Argentine team, which still needs to resolve the continuation of its captain Guillermo Coriaagreed to the dispute in the Qualifiers after defeating Lithuania (4-0) in September in World Group I. They played that key Francisco Cerúndolo (21st), Sebastián Báez (28th), Tomás Etcheverry (30th) and the couple “Machi” González-Molteni.
Having beaten the Asians in February, Argentina will be among the 16 best nations to compete in the Finals in September, divided into four zones of four. From there the qualifiers for the Final 8, scheduled for November, will emerge after the end of the ATP calendar.
How Kazakhstan reached a crossroads with Argentina in the 2024 Davis Cup
Kazakhstan, seeded tenth in the draw that took place before the Italy-Australia final, also advanced to the 2024 Qualifiers thanks to its victory in World Group I against Bulgaria (3-1), as a guest.
Those responsible for that success were Timofel Skatov (215th), Alexander Bublik (32nd) and Aleksandr Nedovyesov, who played doubles in the first national racket.
Bublik, 26, a professional since 2016, has a record of 127 wins and 125 losses on the circuit and has won three titles: Montpellier 2022 (fast surface), Halle (grass) and Antwerp (fast), both in 2023.
All matches of 2024 Davis Cup Qualifiers
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Canada-South Korea
- Serbia-Slovakia
- Croatia-Belgium
- Hungary-Germany
- Netherlands-Switzerland
- Czech Republic-Israel
- Ukraine-United States
- Finland-Portugal
- China Tapei-France
- Argentina-Kazakhstan
- Sweden-Brazil
- Chile-Peru
The twelve winners will participate in the Finals where they already have a reserved place Italy, Australia, Spain and Great Britain.
Source: Tycsports
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