Saving a match point in the doubles, the team led by Nicolás Massú beat the Europeans 2-1 and will now have to wait for a rival for next year’s qualifiers, where they will try to return to the final of the competition.
It wasn’t what he was looking for, but at least he said goodbye with a victory. It was Chile’s farewell to Group C of the Davis Cup finals, played in China. Despite arriving the day before with a better ranking in singles than Germany, the United States and Slovakia, the team led by Nicolás Massú was unable to beat the first two and ended up playing the last series with the aim of improving the ranking and thus being seeded. in next year’s qualifiers.
The day against the Slovaks was marked by the return of Nicolás Jarry (28th), who only played doubles. The Prince did not play any of the singles, due to vestibular neuritis that affects his balance and coordination. He said he was not ready to play the individual duels and that he was not available for the duels in the two previous confrontations. However, in this last duel, he was able to enter the field alongside Tomás Barrios and play a key role in closing the match 2-1.
The Chilean duo’s 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3) victory over Slovakian Norbert Gombos and Lukas Klein was full of emotions. In fact, the national team saved a match point in the twelfth game of the second set, then defined in the tie-break. There, Nico showed some touches of his level that allowed him to achieve a victory that allowed him to close this time in Zhuhai with better feelings.
Return and disappointment
Christian Garin (116th) was in charge of opening the series against Norbert Gombos (408th). This match had a precedent with the 6-0, 6-1 victory of the Slovak against the Chilean in Brastislava in World Group I, three years ago. However, this time, everything would be different, since Gago would take revenge for that day and win 2-6, 6-1 and 6-2.
After a first set to forget, the Arica native used the best of his repertoire to carry out the match. One of the big keys was the improvement of his serve and he also seemed much more comfortable with his shots, which undermined the confidence of his rival.
With the series at 1-0, it was Alejandro Tabilo’s turn (22nd) to close the confrontation. The left-hander was wide against Josef Kovalik (114th). However, he added his third singles defeat this week, confirming how complex it has been for him to play in this instance.
This time the defeat of the Toronto native was 6-4, 6-7 (1) and 6-1 and once again left many doubts about his game, as at times he showed all the quality that brought him to the top 20, but he He also seemed quite nervous when making certain decisions, which in the long run ended up conspiring against his level.
Once the elimination is complete, Chile will have to wait for the playoff draw to find out if they will be seeded in the quest to return to the Davis Cup finals next year.
Source: Latercera
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