This afternoon Gastón Gaudio confirmed that Schwartzman, Coria, Pella, Zeballos and González will be in charge of playing the series for Argentina against Belarus on the 18th and 19th at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in search of a place in the 2022 Davis Cup World Group.
The Argentine tennis players who will fight to return to the World Group against Belarus will be Diego Schwartzman (no. 14°), Guido Pella (no. 85°), Federico Coria (no. 62°), Horacio Zeballos (no. 4th in doubles) and Maximum Gonzalez (no. 27), they confirmed it Gaston Gaudio and Gustavo Marcaccio, captain and deputy captain of the team. What’s more, Francisco Cerúndolo it will go as sparring, since in the future it will be part of it. The albiceleste team will have to play this repechage after falling to Colombia by 3-1 in 2020.
Diego Schwartzman
The born in Villa Crespo, a town in CABA, has been the best Argentine tennis player in the world for several years. In this 2021 he has had good and bad passages. TO Diego Schwartzman the title in Buenos Aires It gave him the peace of mind of being able to lift a trophy in his own home, something that had been weighing on him in recent years. After that, he could not make the best preparation for Roland Garros, with several defeats in the first rounds, although it reached Paris and had an impeccable performance falling in four sets before Rafa Nadal. Then he could not with Marton Fucsovics on the third wheel of Wimbledon. In the same instance, he lost to Karen Khachanov on Such and in the M1000 from Toronto and Cincinnati. In general, it is a good campaign. The Peque has a record of five games won and five lost games in the Davis Cup, although this is compounded by a loss in doubles.
Guido Pella
The Bahiense obtained his eleventh call to a series of Davis Cup, where he has been part of the 2016 champion team, achieving important triumphs to reach the title. Guido Pella played a total of thirteen matches on behalf of Argentina, with a balance of seven wins and six losses. The game of greatest magnitude was when he defeated Kyle Edmund to end on Friday with the albiceleste 2-0 over Britain in the semifinals. In this 2021, with contagion by Covid-19 and injuries, there have been few tournaments that he played, although most of them withdrew in the debut. However, this last week he has achieved a solid tennis to make the third round in Cincinnati, beating big-name players like David Goffin and Fabio Fognini.
Federico Coria
The Rosario will have his first call in the Davis Cup, at its best and raising its level. Federico Coria He has played 24 tournaments this season, where he had his Olympic experience and added triumphs in major tournaments. At 29 years old, the Argentine showed that there is never an age for tennis maturity and it can come at any time. In 2021, the semifinals of the Córdoba Open, succeed in Roland Garros upon Feliciano lopez, the title in the Challenger de Prostejov and play the final of ATP 250 de Bastad, where he fell before Casper Ruud, and the definitions of Milan and Salzburg-Anif.
Horacio Zeballos
The native of Mar del Plata He is the best Argentine doubles player at present, located in the Top 5 of the world ranking. Horacio Zeballos He has participated in a number of series for his country, most of them in the third point. He debuted in 2010 alongside David nalbandian to beat the Sweden from Robin Soderling. In the doubles, he played a total of ten games, with five wins and five losses. This 2021, it has been great for Zebolla that, with Marcel Granollers, they raised the trophy in the M1000 from Madrid and Cincinnati. In addition, they reached the final in Wimbledon and Acapulco, and the semifinals in Montecarlo.
Maximum Gonzalez
The tandilense debuted in the Davis Cup in 2017, when Argentina fell before Kazakhstan in the Play Offs and was relegated to World Group 1. In the tournament she played seven matches, with 2 wins and five losses. In this 2021, Maximum Gonzalez, has managed to win the titles of Santiago, Parma and Mallorca next to Simone Bolelli, with whom he has formed an interesting duo. In addition, it is to highlight the semifinals at Wimbledon and ATP Geneva.
Argentina and Belarus will meet on September 18 and 19 at the BALTC for a place in the 2022 World Group
