Nicolás Massú’s team will face tough opponents in Zhuhai in the Top 16 stage, where they will look to advance to the Top 8 for the first time since playing under the current format.
After qualifying for the Davis Cup final for the second year in a row, the Chilean team met their rivals for this year’s group stage. The team led by Nicolás Massú was in pot 4 of the draw , so it was almost inevitable to confront the world powers. This, yes, He managed to avoid Argentina and Spain because they were in the same situation.
The draw took place at the offices of the International Tennis Federation in London and It was led by former Spanish tennis player and Davis Cup final director Feliciano López and ITF president David Haggerty. The 16 participating nations were divided into four groups of four teams. The group stage will take place from September 10 to 15, 2024 in four cities: Bologna (Italy), Manchester (Great Britain), Valencia (Spain) and Zhuhai (China).
Thus, the national representative was in Group C, where he will be measured against Germany, United States and Slovakia, China. It is undoubtedly a complex challenge, but one he aspires to meet, notably thanks to the good performance of his main singles.
The Teutons have Alexander Zverev (5th) and Jan-Lennard Struff (25th) as their best rackets, while the Americans present Taylor Fritz (13th), Tommy Paul (14th) and Ben Shelton (17th) like his best cards. While the Slovaks have Lukas Klein (128th) and Alex Molcan (147th) like his greatest figures.
The winners and finalists from each group will advance to the knockout quarter-finals (Top 8) in Malaga, which will take place from November 19-24. The draw will take place after the group stage of the final in September.
Currently the best Chilean cards are Nicolás Jarry (23rd), Alejandro Tabilo (44th), Christian Garin (104th), Tomás Barrios (111th) and Matías Soto (170th in doubles). This is the basis of national tennis for the past five years.
For ranking
Being in pot 4, due to its position in the ranking, Chile shared the pool with the aforementioned Argentina, Spain and Brazil. Beyond not facing these rivals, he will not play in Valencia either.
In its third participation since the existence of the current format established in 2019, Nicolás Massú’s team is the most present Latin American team. However, They have never made it into the Top 8. Last year, they came close to doing so after beating Sweden and narrowly losing to Italy and Canada in Bologna.
To reach this stage again, Chile beat Peru in a series played in Santiago at the beginning of February. There, the national team He won 3-2 thanks to Alejandro Tabilo’s two singles victories and Nicolás Jarry’s victory over Juan Pablo Varillas.
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