the santafesino Facundo Bagnis fell this Sunday to local Emil Ruusuvuori by 7-5 and 6-1 in the fourth point of the Davis Cup series to the best of five that Argentina finally lost to Finland 3-1 in the city of Espoo, for the 2023 Qualifiers of the traditional contest.
There was no place for the feat at the Espoo Metro Arena and Bagnis, born in Armstrong, Santa Fe, and ranked 88th in the ATP world ranking, lost to Ruusuvuori (43), the best Finnish tennis player, at After one hour and 26 minutes, which consummated the defeat of Argentina.
Argentina, which was left without its main tennis player, Francisco Cerúndolo (31)Due to a right adductor injury that led to his replacement by Bagnis, he needed to win the fourth point to force a fifth that Pedro Cachín from Cordoba (68) and local Otto Virtanen (181) had to play.
The series for Argentina in the cold city of Espoo began unfavorably on Saturday with the defeat of Cachín against Ruusuvuori by 7-5 and 6-3, although then equality came with the subsequent victory of “Fran” Cerúndolo against Otto Virtanen by 6 -3, 3-6 and 7-6 (7-3).
Finland, who will play the Davis Cup Finals for the first time, went ahead 2-1 with a crucial victory in doubles by Ruusuvuori and Harri Heliovaara over Máximo González and Andrés Molteni 7-6 (7-5), 4-6 and 6 -4, and achieved the final victory with the victory of his number one against Bagnis.
Argentina will not participate in the Finals with the tennis elite countries and will have to play a match in September against a rival that will be announced next week.
So Finland, one of the winners of the weekend’s Qualifiers, advanced to the group stage of the 2023 Finals, a stage in which they will join the 2022 champions and runners-up (Canada and Australia) and the two guests (Italy and Spain), plus 12 other countries.
The new qualifiers so far are the aforementioned Finland plus Great Britain, Switzerland, the United States, Sweden, France and Serbia.
The group stage will be played the week of September 11, in four venues that will be confirmed later by the ITF and the Kosmos Group.
Argentina will not participate in the Finals with the tennis elite countries and will have to play a match in September against a rival that will be announced next week.
