Captain Nicolás Massú has named the squad for the matches against Germany, the United States and Slovakia, which will be played in China from September 10 to 15.
This Monday, Captain Nicolás Massú presented the squad for the Davis Cup final. Chile is in Group C, next to United States, Germany and Slovakia in duels that will be played in an unprecedented way in the Chinese city of Zhuhai, between September 10 and 15, and where the national team will seek to qualify for the Top 8, which will be played at the end of November in Malaga, Spain.
As expected, the double Olympic champion of Athens 2004 has named his best players. Thus, the list is composed of Alejandro Tabilo (20th), Nicolás Jarry (23rd), Christian Garin (106th), Tomás Barrios (207th) and Matías Soto (384th). Among them, Tabilo, Jarry and Barrios are preparing for Paris 2024, but doubts remain on the side of Nico, who is recovering from vestibular neuritis, which will allow him to reach this event with only one match in two months.
Since Massú came to power, Chile have managed to qualify for the Davis Cup finals three times. However, they have never managed to get past the group stage. This edition therefore appears as a great opportunity, due to the timing of its tennis players.
No key figures
Germany and the United States have confirmed significant absences. The Teutons will not have Alexander Zverev (4th). This way, they will have on their payroll Jan-Lennard Struff (37th) and Dominik Koepfer (62nd) and double players Kevin Kravietz and Tim Puetz, 21st in the world in the specialty.
While the Americans confirmed the withdrawal of their three main singers Taylor Fritz (11th), Tommy Paul (13th) and Ben Shelton (14th). Thus, those led by Bob Bryan will appear with Sebastian Korda (22nd), Marcos Girón (46th) and Brandon Nakashima (53rd). play singles, while Rajeev Ram (6th) and Austin Krajicek (24th) These will be the double players.
Finally, Slovakia announced Josef Kovalik (102nd), Lukas Klein (118th), Alex Molcan (280th), Norbert Gombos (537th) and Igor Zelenay (501st in doubles).
Garin says goodbye to Bastad
A short stay was had Christian Garin at the ATP 250 in Bastad. The national tennis player was eliminated in the first round of the Swedish competition after losing 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-1 against the Russian Pavel Kotov (60th). its return to the top 100 will therefore have to wait.
As, Tomás Barrios will make his debut this Tuesday at the Amersfoort Challenger, where He will face the Austrian Jurij Rodionov (159th).
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