Tomás Etcheverry The first series of the series was held between Argentina and Norway. The Platense closed a very hard 5-7, 6-2 and 7-6 (5) victory, putting the 1-0 of the Davis Cup series that is played in Fjellhamar.
The Platense, number 1 of the Equipment that Capitanea Javier Frana (debuts in this series) managed to be imposed on the first set against Budkov Kjaer 7-5, after a great comeback. The Argentine began at a disadvantage, suffering an early break that left him 1-4, with many mistakes and unable to take advantage of his opportunities to the rest. However, he reacted on time, recovered the break and managed to match the score in 4-4 after an interruption due to technical problems with the hawk eye.
From there, the platense was stronger, resisted moments of pressure with his service and, when the Norwegian lowered his level, he took the opportunity to break at the right time.
With the 6-5 in favor, he closed the set with his serve and took a very worked first part, demonstrating character and reaction capacity.
The young Norwegian Kjaer showed solidity in the second set and took it 6-2, forcing the definition in the final chapter. Although Etcheverry managed to recover a break in the first games, his irregularity took its toll and gave up his service twice, which allowed his rival to take control of the partial.
Unlike the first set, the Argentine failed to react on time and could never find the necessary regularity to balance the score. With authority, the Norwegian closed the second manga.
The third set began with firm Kjaer to the serve, but Etcheverry immediately responded to maintain parity at the beginning. However, the Norwegian showed his aggressiveness and achieved the first break to advance 3-1, approaching victory. The Platense reacted quickly and recovered a break, but his rival hit again and stretched the advantage.
The party became a constant round trip, with both players breaking each other. Etcheverry took advantage of a double foul of the Norwegian to recover the serve and set 3-4, and then supported his service at a key moment to match 4-4. Budkov Kjaer, Junior Wimbledon champion and former youth 1, resisted the pressure and saved several breaks of breakage before advancing 5-4, putting the Argentine against the ropes.
Without margin of error, Etcheverry managed to hold his serve in two crucial games to take the game to a decisive tie-over.
There, the platense experience weighed more than the courage of the young Norwegian, who had surprised to take the duel to that instance.
Finally, with a 7-5 in the tiebreaker, Etcheverry closed a very hard 5-7, 6-2 and 7-6 (5) victory after almost 4 hours, giving Argentina the first point of the Davis Cup series. Budkov Kjaer left a great image, but it was the Platense who celebrated in a more complex match than expected.
Source: Ambito
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