Canada, Belgium, France and the Czech Republic They reserved a place in the final stage of Davis cup by solving the qualifying rounds played throughout this weekend.
This quartet joined Brazil, Slovakia, Germany, Finland, Netherlands and USA who gained their presence in the group stage from September 10 to 15 on Saturday.
Ten of the 12 spots in the tournament lineup have been determined. The other two are for the winners of the match between Argentina and Kazakhstan and Chile against Peru, both of which are in play.
These 12 teams will participate Italy and Australiafinalists of the last edition, including Spain and Britain, contest guests. Of these 16 teams in contention, eight will qualify for Malaga Davis Cup Finals (November 19-24).
Belgium stormed the Varazdin Arena and with their victories on Sunday advanced to the final stage. The doubles formation of Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen came back from Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic by 2-6, 6-3 and 7-6(4) and then, Zizou Bergs sealed the classification by achieving the third point by clearly defeating Duje Ajdukovic 6-1 and 7-5.
The Czech Republic was sentenced this Sunday at Vitality Slezsko, in Trinec, where they defeated Israel (4-0). Jakub Mensik and Jiri Lehecka have already put the Czech pass on the track sealed in doubles. Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek knocked Edan Leshem and Daniel Cukierman out as they lost 4-1.
Later, in a meaningless clash, Vit Kopriva ended the local victory by defeating Orel Kimhi (3-6, 6-3 and 11-9)
France saw no rival in Chinese Taipei. The eastern team did not take advantage of the home status and assumed its inferiority (0-4). Paul Henri Mathieu’s team moved a step away from the goal by winning their singles with the help of Luca Van Assche and Adrian Mannarino and on day two, Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Yu Hsiou Hsu and Jason Jung of 3 -6 , 6-2 and 7-6(1).
A fourth point, unrelated to the score, extended the victory to Europe. Quentin Halys defeated Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3, 7-6(3).
Canada stopped the South Korean reaction at the IGA Stadium in Montreal (3-1). The North American team is one point away from qualifying after Gabriel Diallo and Vasek Pospisil achieved victories in the first two singles. But the Korean team won the doubles.
Jsung Nam and Minkyu Song beat Alexis Galarneau and Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-7 (4) and 6-3. But with more difficulty than expected, Gabriel Diallo managed a three-set win over Seongchan Hong by 7-5, 4-6 and 6-1 that sealed Frank Dancevic’s place in the draw.
Source: La Verdad
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