The captain of the Czech team Davis Cup, Jaroslav Navratilhe pointed out in a press conference, before the start of the Group stage which starts this Tuesday at Valenciathat the confrontation against Spain next wednesday is even less even after low in the Spanish group Carlos Alcaraz.
Czech Republic and Spain They will debut on Wednesday with a confrontation that seems to be decisive for the classification of Group C, which also includes Serbia and South Koreawhere the first two classifieds will perform the Davis Cup Final Eight which will be held in Malaga from November 21 to 26.
“I expect the first round to be very equal because today, after a situation where the Spanish team lost Carlos (Alcaraz), It’s a bit more and I hope that now we have two chances to beat Spainalthough they have a good number one in Fokina,” he said.
“I don’t know who will play number two, but so is the Czech team. Right now, I don’t know who the second one is. For sure number one is Jiri Lehecka. The form of the players will be very important to decide,” he added.
“It was not easy for me to decide because Jakub (Mensik) played well at the US Open – where in his first participation in a Grand Slam he reached the third round from the qualifying phase at 17 years old – and then I had to talk to Thomas (Mahac) because he is coming today around three o’clock and this afternoon he will train for 30 minutes. So tomorrow we have some time in the center court to work and decide who will play on Wednesday,” he continued.
For his part, the very young Jakub Mensik, the great hope of Czech tennis, indicated that he sees himself as likely to play. “I’m really looking forward to all the games. In February I made my debut in the qualifying round in Portugal. It was my first experience there. And now it’s a different situation because I might play, I might not. So we’ll see how it will be .” , he pointed out.
“Of course it won’t be easy for me, “But I have a lot of experience from these games, so I will do everything to help my team get good results,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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