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Feliciano hacks Rublev in Davis Cup

Spanish tennis player Feliciano López gave the first point for Spain by beating Andrey Rublev 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Pablo Carreño and Daniil Medvedev will dispute the second point.

Second day of competition for the Spanish team with Bruguera again trusting the man from Toledo when opening the series. That led him to have to face Andrey Rublev who had suffered a lot against Roberto Quiroz in three sets. The situation did not start in the best way for the Spanish team with the Russian player entering the stake better. From the opening game he reaped the break going very fast in his favor. Immediately afterwards, he got another break and managed to cope with it until he was able to win the first set in just 28 minutes.

Feliciano’s comeback

Feliciano managed to raise his level at the time of putting the first service and helped him to be able to stay within the appointment with the equalized score. However, in the sixth game he managed to have a very good reaction to the rest and gradually taking the game back to his field. His changes of pace and having the Russian far from his comfort zone earned him to equalize the appointment when it was time for the game.

In the third after having to save break balls and save a very hard and key moment in the episode since he could raise Andrey, the opposite happened in the next game. The spectators came up to see the options that López was creating to be able to put Spain closer to the classification to the quarterfinals. With 3-5 there were two match points that the Spaniard had without being able to take advantage of them but then came the duty turn after going through the bank and listening to the advice of the captains.

He had to face a break ball but managed to close the game by offering enormous reliability with his serve. Therefore, Feliciano achieved the first point for Spain in the Davis Cup by beating Rublev.

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