Germanydiminished by the absence of its key players, had a strong start to the Davis Cup group stage and defeated Slovakia with authority (3-0), in the opening face-to-face match of Group Cbased in Zhuhai, China.
Without his main asset, Alexander Zverev and without Jan Lennard Struff, Dominik Koepfer or Daniel Altmaier, last-minute casualties, he took his first victory in a quartet completed by the United States and Chile.
Germany, despite losing its four best rackets, defeated Slovakia 3-0 at the Henggin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai. Michael Kohlmann’s team began its participation in a Final Phase with a Maximilian Marterer’s solid victory over Lukas Klein by 6-4 and 7-5in one hour and 31 minutes.
The German’s good start was completed, with more difficulties for Yannick Hanfmann96 in the ATP ranking. The German needed three rounds to defeat Jozef Kovalik 3-6, 6-3 and 7-6(3)after two hours and 17 minutes, against an opponent he had already beaten in Braunschweib but he later defeated, in 2021 in Tulln, Austria. Both duels are on clay. Never on a hard court as played in Zhuzai.
The doubles ended a great German debut as Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz beat Lukas Klein and Igor Zelenay 7-5, 6-3. The US Open finalists extended their good streak as a team. Since they started their doubles journey they have suffered only one loss.
Germany, therefore, leads Group C of the Davis Cup. On Wednesday the other two sides of the quartet will be in action and Chile will face the United States.
Source: La Verdad
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