MADRID, 1 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish Davis Cup team has achieved the first point of the first round qualify 6 (7)).
In the tie held at the Swiss Tennis Arena of the Helvetic town of Biel, the Valencian, number 44 of the ATP ranking, it overcame 3-1 against which the local tennis player, number 287 in the world and survived three balls Of ‘Break’ in the inaugural game, he surprised him at the beginning of the clash.
Martínez, who gradually adapted to the fast Switzerland, overcame to respond with a ‘counterbreak’ and link four games won consecutively, which were enough to close the partial in his favor with his service.
In the second manga, the two contestants were very reliable with their serve, with Alzira’s surviving the only breakup ball against and unable to take advantage of the two of those he had to break. Thus, everything had to be decided in the ‘Tie-Break’, where two minurroturas gave him the victory in two hours and three minutes.
The team led by David Ferrer will try to on track the tie this Saturday with Roberto Carballés, who face Jérôme Kym. On Sunday the doubles will be played and if necessary, two other individual meetings.
The winner will go to a second round against the winner of the cross between Denmark and Serbia, without Holger Rune or Novak Djokovic, already in the month of September to enter the ‘Final to 8’ that will be played in the Italian Bologna.