Germany lost its best tennis players to the team led by Nicolás Massú. Added to this notable decline is the one afflicting the United States, who will also not have their highest-ranked competitors in the ATP ranking.
Chile prepares to face the final of the Davis Cup The team led by Nicolás Massú is part of the Group C with USA, Germany and Slovakia . The duels will take place for the first time in Zhuhai, China, between September 10 and 15. The national cast will seek to enter the Top 8 and qualify for the final, which will take place at the end of November in Malaga, Spain.
The man from Viñamarino has already submitted the list, where the best Chilean players will be present. They will be Alexander Tabilo (21°), Nicolas Jarry (26°), Christian Garin (116°), Thomas Barrios (160°) and Matias Soto (335°) .
Since the double Olympic champion of Athens 2004 has been in power, Chile has managed to qualify for the finals three times, although it has never managed to get past the group stage. However, This edition appears to be a great opportunity. One of the reasons is the significant absence of some rival teams.
Major absences
By a statement, The German Tennis Federation announced the defeats of Jan Lennard Struff (35th) and Dominik Koepfer (83rd). ). “Struff continues to have hip problems, which have already forced him to abandon the individual competition at the Paris Olympics. Koepfer suffers from a tendon injury in his batting arm, which forces him to take a break of around five weeks,” the German institution said.
“The fact that our best players are missing in such a short time is very painful because they are both important parts of this team, not only as players, but also as personalities. “We now have to compensate for this loss with team unity, which we have achieved many times in the past,” said German team captain Michael Kohlmann.
Added to this is the absence of its star player, Alexander Zverev (4th) . Sascha has decided not to participate in order to prioritize the Laver Cup, which will be played in Berlin between September 20 and 22. Tabilo will also be competing, chosen by John McEnroe to be part of Team World.
In this sense, Following the defeats, the German team called up Yannick Hanfmann (96th) and Maximilian Marterer (100th), while the third racket will be Henri Squire (178th). . For the doubles, the chosen ones are Tim Pütz and Kevin Krawietz (14th). who have established themselves today as one of the best couples.
On the other hand, In the United States, the losses of its main singers have already been confirmed. Taylor Fritz (12th), Ben Shelton (13th) and Tommy Paul (14th) will be absent, as well as Frances Tiafoe (20th). ). Thus, those led by Bob Bryan will appear with Sebastian Korda (16th), Marcos Giron (46th) and Brandon Nakashima (50th) to play the singles, while Rajeev Ram (5th) and Austin Krajicek (22nd) will be the doubles.
Finally, Slovakia announced Lukas Klein (110th), Josef Kovalik (114th), Alex Molcan (344th), Norbert Gombos (584th) and Igor Zelenay (821st in doubles).
Source: Latercera
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