There are the sixteen teams classified for the final series of the Davis Cup 2024. The last to get the ticket was Chile, which had to make every effort to defeat Peru – it had to force a fifth point with Nicolás Jarry, world number 20, among the singlistas-, in Santiago.
It should be remembered that Argentina, with a high dose of suffering, was able to eliminate Kazakhstan, where Sebastián Báez (25) achieved the last point of the series against Dmitry Popko (358) in the tie-break in the third set and after overcoming two match points.
Seba Báez together with Francisco Cerúndolo (22), Tomás Etcheverry (28) and the doubles made up of Andrés Molteni and Machi González (the number 23 couple in the world) with the captaincy of Guillermo Coria reached this instance of Finals that will bring good money to the thin coffers of the Argentine Tennis Association, since it will bring in US$250,000; while the players will share half a million dollars, according to official data from 2023.
One of the main surprises came from Slovakia, who left Serbia out with a resounding 4-0 in their favor. Of course, the Serbian team did not have the world number one, Novak Djokovic.
For its part, Belgium eliminated Croatia (3-1). The Croatian team did not have its main figure: Borna Coric (37), since he preferred to play in France, the ATP 250 in Montpellier where he lost the final against the Kazakh Aleksandr Búblik (27).
In all of this, Brazil reached the Davis Cup finals for the first time in history. The Brazilian team, with Thiago Monteiro as the main figure, eliminated Sweden as a visitor (3-1), in the city of Helsingborg.
The rest of the qualifiers were: Canada (3-1 vs South Korea), Germany (3-2 vs Hungary), Netherlands (3-2 vs Switzerland), Czech Republic (4-0 vs Israel), United States ( 4-0 vs Ukraine), Finland (3-1 vs Portugal) and France (4-0 vs Taiwan).
They also had a place in the finals: Italy (last champion), Australia (finalist) and the guests: Great Britain and Spain.
In the coming days, chance will divide the 16 classified teams into four groups of four members each in different venues, which must be established in European cities with fast court conditions.
Without confirmations about where they will be played, what is known are the dates: between September 10 and 15. Rumors say that Bologna (Italy), Valencia (Spain) and Manchester (England) would be three of the four venues, although the fourth would remain to be chosen.
If this information is confirmed, Great Britain, Spain and Italy will be in separate zones and the remaining qualifiers will be distributed in different pots by the ranking before being drawn.
The finals will be held in Malaga, for the third consecutive time, without a confirmed date but they will be in November. There the best eight of the World Group will meet, from where the best two from each group will qualify and then they will be organized in a bracket from the quarterfinals. The matches will be played in the best of three, with one doubles match and two singles matches, and direct elimination.
2024-02-06 06:28:14
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