This Friday the second day of the 2021 Davis Cup finals is played.
Spain and Ecuador face this Friday on the second day of the 2021 Davis Cup finals, in the central court of the Madrid Arena, for group A.
The Spaniards will begin their Davis against Ecuador, which will measure the extent of the losses of the champion team, which was joined in a hurry by Pedro Martínez, against the loss by COVID-19 of Carlos Alcaraz.
Schedules and TV channels to watch live Davis Cup matches between Ecuador and Spain
According to the previously established order, at 4:00 p.m. local time (10:00, Ecuadorian time), the number two rackets will play first, Albert Ramos (45th in the world) vs. Roberto Quiroz (291st). Then, the top ranked teams, Pablo Carreño (20th) vs. Emilio Gómez (149th).
And in doubles, Feliciano López (104th) and Marcel Granollers will be measured against the tricolor couple made up of Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo.
This Friday’s day also features the Serbia-Austria clashes in Innsbruck (group F) and the United States-Italy in Turin (group E).
In the first games of these finals the current runner-up, Canada, received a serious correction on Thursday when they lost 3-0 to Sweden in group B.
The brothers Elías and Mikael Ymer defeated Steven Diez (6-4 and 6-2) and Vasek Pospisil (6-4 and 6-4) and the doubles formed by Andre Goransson and Robert Lindstedt defeated 7-6 (5) and 6-4 to Brayden Schur and Pospisil, who was not today the brilliant player who won five of the seven points he played in Madrid two years ago
They also celebrated a 3-0 Croatia match with Australia in Group D, based in Turin.
Marin Cilic beat Alex de De Miñaur (6-1, 5-7 and 6-4) and Borna Gojo beat Alexei Popyrin by 7-6 (5) and 7-5.
The only clash decided on this day in the doubles was France-Czech Republic, from group C, in favor of the Gauls.
At the Olympia-Halle in Innsbruck, the venue where COVID-19 has forced them to play behind closed doors, Thomas Machac, in his debut in the competition, beat veteran Richard Gasquet 7-6 (3) 6-2 , who was tournament champion with France in 2017 and finalist in 2013.
Adrian Mannarino started by losing a set to Jiri Vesely, but his comeback (6-7 (1), 6-4 and 6-2) tied France and took the duel to the doubles, in which Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeated Jiri Leheka and Tomas Machac 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3. (D)
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