Argentina, which was left without its main tennis player, Francisco Cerundolo (31)due to a right adductor injury that led to his replacement by Bagnis, needed to win the fourth point to force a fifth that the Cordoba player had to play Pedro Cachín (68) and the local Otto Virtanen (181).
The series for Argentina in the cold city of Espoo began unfavorably on Saturday with the defeat of Cachín against Ruusuvuori by 7-5 and 6-3although then equality came with the subsequent victory of “Fran” Cerúndolo against Otto Virtanen 6-3, 3-6 and 7-6 (7-3).
Finland, who will play for the first time the Davis Cup Finalswent ahead 2-1 with a crucial doubles victory of Ruusuvuori and Harri Heliovaara over Máximo González and Andrés Molteni by 7-6 (7-5), 4-6 and 6-4and achieved the final victory with the victory of his number one against Bagnis.
So Finland, one of the winners of the weekend’s Qualifiers, advanced to the group stage of the 2023 Finals, a stage in which they will join the 2022 champions and runners-up (Canada and Australia) and the two guests (Italy and Spain), plus 12 other countries.
The new qualifiers so far are the aforementioned Finland plus Great Britain, Switzerland, the United States, Sweden, France and Serbia.
The group stage will be played the week of September 11, in four venues that will be confirmed later by the ITF and the Kosmos Group.
In the case of Argentina, He will not participate in the Finals with the tennis elite countries and will have to play a match in September against a rival that will be announced next week.
Source: Ambito
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