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- The Swiss Davis Cup team leads 2-0 against Tunisia after day 1 in Biel.
- Jérôme Kym and Leandro Riedi each celebrated a two-set victory in the first two singles.
- On Saturday, Dominic Stricker and Jakub Paul can make everything clear in doubles (live on SRF info).
A tailor-made start: The Swiss Davis Cup team leads 2-0 against Tunisia in Biel after the first two individual matches. Jérôme Kym (ATP 192) won the opening singles against Moez Echargui, who was 50 places higher in the world rankings, 7:6 (7:2), 6:4, before Leandro Riedi (ATP 171) followed suit later.
The 22-year-old Kym from Aargau deservedly prevailed against the Tunisian team leader Echargui, who was eleven years older than him. Kym had to fend off three break opportunities in the second set before he managed the only break of the entire game to make it 5:4. After 113 minutes, Kym converted the second match point.
Riedi presented himself extremely confidently in the second singles. The 23-year-old from Zurich Unterländer lived up to his role as favorite against Alaa Trifi (ATP 1171) and celebrated a clear 6:1, 6:0 victory after just 57 minutes.
Will Stricker/Paul follow suit in doubles?
Now Dominic Stricker and Jakub Paul can make it clear in the doubles against the North Africans on Saturday. They face Aziz Oukaa (ATP 621) and Skander Mansouri. The latter is currently not listed in the ATP singles rankings, but was once number 54 in the world in doubles. Even if they lost a doubles match, Switzerland would still have the chance to tie the bag in another two singles matches.
If, as expected, they win against Tunisia, Captain Severin Lüthi’s team would have to win another duel in order to be back in the world group. However, the course is set for such a scenario.
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