Alejandro Tabilo could not change the situation for Chile, who, regardless of what happens in the doubles that closes the series, suffered their first loss in the group stage of the Davis Cup, which was defeated by the United States.
Veil fell with the debutant Brandon Nakashima by 7-6(5), 2-6 and 7-6(3) in two hours and 47 minutes, as before, in the opening match, Reilly Opelka defeated Cristian Garín (6-3, 4-6 and 7 -5(3)).
Alejandro Tabilo, who a few months ago, in Miami, surpassed Nakashima In the only confrontation between the two, he accused the lack of force at crucial moments. The Chilean did not lose a serve throughout the match, he signed twenty-seven straight serves and it was not enough. In the tiebreakers of the first and third sets, which ultimately marked the outcome of the encounter, Nakashima was better and scored the win.
The second defeat of the day played at Hengin International Zhuzhai Tennis Center leave the team with no options Nicolas Massu who will try to recover from the defeat suffered in the doubles match: Austin Krajicek and Rafeev Ram will be the rivals of Chileans Tomás Barrios and Alejandro Tabilo.
United States, the most successful team in the competition and which in this group stage does not have the best players –Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe or Sebastian Korda-, secured their first victory in Group C of the Davis Cup completed by Germany and Slovakia that started on Tuesday and opened the tournament for the quartet with a 3-0 victory for the German team.
Source: La Verdad
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