TENNIS-DAVIS CUP-LITHUANIA-GAUBAS – TELAM Agency
The youth Vilius Gaubas, second singles player of the Lithuanian Davis Cup team, confessed today that he was “impacted” by the encouragement of the Argentine public during the match he lost with Francisco Cerúndolo 6-1, 6-7 (6-8) and 6 -2.
“I was surprised by the people’s encouragement towards Cerúndolo, I was shocked especially in the first set, that made me nervous, tense,” confessed the 18-year-old Lithuanian in the press conference he offered in one of the rooms of the Buenos Aires Lawn. Tennis Club.
Gaubas, who is making his first experiences at the international level, in this case in the Davis Cup, is one of the two juniors on the team (the other is Edas Butvilas, 19 years old) and showed a lot of courage against a top tennis player like Cerundolo.
“In the second set I calmed down, I had more control of the ball and I was able to even the match, but in the third I lost again, I ran out of energy, I felt the wear and tear against an opponent who is among the 20 best in the world,” he added. the Lithuanian
Gaubas usually trains for much of the year in Spain, hence his good adaptation to the clay surface.
“I usually train for some time in Spain, that’s why I sometimes shout ‘Let’s go!!’ “I have nothing to say against the public, it is not an excuse for my defeat nor did it bother me at all,” the Lithuanian finally clarified.
Source: Ambito
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