The Davis Cup is the only tournament when everyone is rooting for the country, Olympic speed skating champion, State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova said in her congratulations to the Russian tennis team on December 5 in an interview with Izvestia.
“In tennis, this is the only tournament when everyone is rooting for the country. In other professional competitions, we usually root for a contract tennis player. Therefore, at the Davis Cup, you always feel proud of the country. In general, our team is strong and has consistently demonstrated this in recent years, “she said. Zhurova noted that sometimes enchanting, almost for a movie matches, in the Davis Cup, and when our guys start winning, the impressions of the tournaments become even brighter.
The Russian national team won the Davis Cup for the third time. In the first meeting of the final, Russian Andrei Rublev beat the representative of Croatia Bornu Goyo with a score of 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 5).
In the second meeting of the final against Croat Marina Chilicha, Daniil Medvedev came out and won with a score of 7: 6 (9: 7), 6: 2. The meeting lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes.
The Russians reached the Davis Cup final, defeating the German team on December 4 – Rublev beat Dominik Kepfer, and Medvedev defeated Jan-Lennard Struff.
The Russian team includes Daniil Medvedev, Andrei Rublev, Aslan Karatsev, Karen Khachanov, as well as Evgeny Donskoy and Roman Safiullin. Due to the sanctions of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the national team competes in the tournament without a national flag and anthem.
The competition lasted from November 25th. The Spanish were the current winners. The Russians won the Davis Cup in 2002 and 2006.
Source: IZ
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