Davis Cup: Argentina plays its last cards to advance against Great Britain

Davis Cup: Argentina plays its last cards to advance against Great Britain

Those led by Guillermo Coria They come from fall 2-1 in their debut in Group D of the Davis Cup in view of Canadain a series where the singles fell Sebastian Baez and Francisco Cerúndolowhile the only victory was achieved by the doubles players Andres Molteni and Maximo Gonzalez.

Great Britainfor its part, comes from winning 2-1 against Finlandthanks to the triumphs of the singles Daniel Evans and Billy Harris.

For the series against the Argentina, Great Britain You will be able to count on your strong card, Jack Draperwho comes from reaching the semifinals in the US Open.

A defeat could catapult the chances of the Argentine team, which wants to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2019when he fell in that instance before Spain.

The series will begin this Friday at 9 a.m. (Argentina time).

Coria’s possible change for Argentina in the Davis Cup:

For the series before Great Britainthe captain Guillermo Coria could make a change with respect to the duels that were played against Canada.

This would be the income of Thomas Etcheverrywho would compete in the singles instead of Sebastian Baezwho does not feel comfortable on fast courts.

Criticism of the Davis Cup format:

The format that was installed in the Davis Cup from the edition 2019after the arrival of the Cosmos Group of the former footballer Gerard Piqueis highly criticized and this is reflected in the loss of interest and low attendance at stadiums.

A clear example of this was the number of viewers in the series between Argentina and Canadawhich was practically zero.

Until the Davis Cup 2018, The system of play (in the World Group) was best-of-five series (four singles and one doubles) and five-set matches. These matches were not in neutral venues as is often the case today, so there was a unique atmosphere in tennis.

From the edition 2019the group stage and the finals began to be played in a single venue (coincidentally all of them were in Spainthe country of origin of Pique).

Source: Ambito

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