The German team who will face Hungary this weekend for a spot in the Davis Cup finals cannot rely on Alexander Zverevnumber six in the world and last minute leave due to illness.
“We hope until the end that Alexander can support us against Hungary after his great performance in Australia. Unfortunately, there was not enough time for him to get back in shape in time. “Now we have to come together as a team to make up for his absence,” explained German team captain Michael Kohlmann.
“Although the Hungarians have a very strong team, I am convinced that we can last here without it thanks to our unity,” said the captain.
The player called to replace Zverev, a semi-finalist last week at the Australian Open, This is Maximilian Marterernumber 92 in the ranking.
Twenty four teamsamong them powers like Canada, champion two seasons ago, Croatia, runner-up in 2021 or France, ten-time winner, the latest in 2017, or the United States, the most successful country in history, make up the twelve qualifying rounds where many other teams will appear to form the final poster for the Final Phase of the Davis Cup 2024.
But in addition, forty-six other countries are competing in World Group I and World Group II qualifiers throughout the weekend.
Some of the key players on the circuit responded to their team’s call to bid for the cause. This is the case of Taylor Fritz, head of the United States, who went to Vilnius to achieve the goal against Ukraine.
In addition, Francisco Cerúndolo, twenty seconds in the world, went to the Argentina team, which receives Kazakhstan in Rosario, with Alexander Bublik at the helm. Canadian Denis Shapovalov leads Canada in Felix Auger Aliassime’s absence for the Santiago clash against Chile, supported by Nicolás Jarry. Emil Ruusuvuori leads the Finnish team hosting Portugal.
Likewise, rivalries in the lower categories are also encouraged by the presence of top players. This is the situation of the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas or the Norwegian Casper Ruud.members of the top 20 in the world rankings and regular tenants of the final rounds of tournaments.
Norway welcomes Latvia, Greece welcomes Romania, Poland visits Uzbekistan, Mexico awaits DenmarkColombia in Luxembourg and Ecuador visit Egypt in one of the World Group 1 duels aiming to grow in the tournament and next year play to access the Finals of the competition.
There are twenty-four teams bidding for twelve places. The winners will join Italy, current champion, Australia, finalist in 2023, and Great Britain and Spain, with a direct invitation..
The 16 will be divided into four groups of multiple teams that will face off from September 10 to 15in venues yet to be determined, and from where the eight teams – the first two from each quartet – will make up the finals that will be held again in Malaga, between November 19 and 24.
The competition countdown starts this weekend. Seventy countries make up the duels of the qualifying round, World Groups I and World Group II.
Each match, in the best of three sets, was resolved to the best of five matches.. On the first day, the number one player from the home country will play against the number two player from the visiting country and then vice versa.
On the second day, the doubles match will be played first and the remaining two singles will be played.between the two numbers one of each team, and then the two numbers two.
The 12 losing nations in the qualifying clashes will compete in World Group I in September with the winning nations in the World Group I ‘Play-offs’ this week. The losing countries in the World Group I qualifiers and the winning countries in the World Group II qualifiers will compete in the World Group II in September.
The losing countries in the World Group II qualifiers will compete in the regional Group III event later this year.
Davis cup
Qualification Playoffs
Canada – Republic of Korea
Serbia – Slovakia
Croatia – Belgium
Hungary – Germany
Netherlands – Switzerland
Czech Republic – Israel
Ukraine – United States
Finland – Portugal
Chinese Taipei – France
Argentina – Kazakhstan
Sweden – Brazil
Chile – Peru
Source: La Verdad
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