Argentina began the Davis Cup series that cheers with Finland at the bottom in the city of Espoo, for the 2023 Qualifiers, after the defeat suffered at the first point by Pedro Cachín from Cordoba against the best local tennis player, Emil Ruusuvuori, by 7 -5 and 6-3
Cachín, born in Bell Ville, Córdoba, and ranked 88th in the ATP world ranking, fell to Ruusuvuori (43) after one hour and 24 minutes of play, in the match that started the tie at the stadium Espoo Metro Arena in the city on the Finnish south coast, half an hour away from Helsinki.
After the consummated defeat, Argentina will have the chance to equalize the tie with the match that will be followed by Francisco Cerúndolo (31) against the Finn Otto Virtanen (181), in the second point of the series.
The match in the cold Espoo began unfavorably despite the fact that the first set was very even, with both preserving their serving games, although it always gave the impression that the Finn had control of the match, it was noticeable that he moved more comfortably on the fast-paced center court folder of the series’ setting.
Ruusuvuori took the lead 6-5 with Cachín serving and there was the first turning point in his favor, it was not enough to have fought him hand in hand.
The Argentine was quickly down 0-30, then had two set points against and despite the fact that he saved them, he could not do it with the third, so the set was defined in favor of the local 7-5 in 45 minutes of play.
In the second set there were two circumstances, one that Ruusuvuori dropped his arm and raised his level, while the man from Cordoba lowered his and began to fail with his serve.
Ruusuvuori broke to take the lead 3/1 and that allowed him to go confidently in search of victory because Cachín could not find a way to return service.
The Finn went up 4/1 and was only distracted when he made mistakes that made him give up his serve with the score 4-3, but that was the last positive for the rookie Cachín.}
A much more solid Ruusuvuori recovered the break and then served to close out the second set 6-3, giving Finland their first lead in the series.
The tie will continue with the presentation of Cerúndolo that will close the day, and the series will continue this Sunday from 8 o’clock with the doubles that will be animated by Andrés Molteni (36) and Máximo González (45) against the locals Ruusuvuori (43) and Harri Heliovaara , “top ten” in the specialty since he is number 10 in the world.
Then the last two games will close the series with the number one of each country face to face, that is, Cerúndolo against Ruusuvuori, and then they will complete Cachín against Virtanen, although if the tie is defined before the fifth point could not be played, this is always resolved jointly by the captains.
