Argentina fought until the end and stayed with the pass to the second phase of the Davis Cup

Argentina fought until the end and stayed with the pass to the second phase of the Davis Cup

Mariano Navone He won Nicolai Budkov Kjaer in three sets and gave the 3-2 victory to the Argentina In the series against Norwayfor the first round of the Davis Cup 2025.

The native of July 9 starred in a great comeback in the third set, to take the victory 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4.

The game began very complicated for Navone, which in the first set did not take advantage of the advantage it had when it took 4-3. In this partial, Budkov Kjaer, only 18 years old and who last year was number 1 in the Junior world, had a very good reaction and ended up turning the matter to be imposed 6-4.

In the second manga, a Navone already against the strings showed some steel nerves to get two bankruptcy and match the match thanks to the 6-3 he obtained.

In the definitive chapter Budkov Kjaer came out much better and seemed to start liquidating the match when the serve of his rival was broken twice and set 3-0.

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It was there when Navone became the hero of the day and the series, winning six of the next seven Games to keep the third part 6-4 and give the victory in the series to Argentina.

Previously, Horacio Zeballos and Andrés Molteni opened the day with a triumph 6-2 and 7-5 against Casper Ruud and Viktor Durasovic.

However, a few hours later Ruud, who occupies the fifth position of the ATP ranking, surpassed Tomás Etcheverry without major inconveniences 6-3 and 6-3.

At the beginning of the series, on Thursday, Etcheverry had defeated Budkov Kjaer and Ruud in a very hard encounter won Navone without problems.

In the next round, Argentina will have a hard test when facing the Netherlands during the month of September. The Dutch advanced directly to this round for having reached the final in the 2024 edition of the Davis Cup.

Source: Ambito

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