After the victories over Greece and Georgia, Poland played with Argentina for the first place in group D. Only the best teams from each of the four groups secure a promotion to the semi-finals in Sydney. Our tennis players won it in great style.
“This is the most important. And it is important that Hubi dominated him”
– It was a very intense game. I started badly, gave the service back, but broke even quickly. I felt better on the court, I was better, I worked out more chances at his service, but I could not use them, because my rival played well at my breakpoints – this is how he analyzes his match with Federico Delbonis. The Pole is 117th in the ATP ranking, and the Argentinian is 44th. Majchrzak was not a favorite, but he won 6: 3, 7: 6 and gave Poland the lead 1-0.
– In the second set I had a breakthrough twice, but some of my emotions and some of his good play and fight made me let him come back. However, I played the tie-break very confidently and I closed the game. This is the most important thing. And even more importantly, Hubi followed the blow, played a great match and dominated Diego – says Majchrzak.
Hurkacz modestly about himself. And beautiful words about my friend
– I played a very good game. I am happy with what this match looked like, but I am especially happy and proud of Kamil. This is his greatest victory, he modestly replies.
Our number 9 in the world ranking did not give a chance to Diego Schwartzman, 13th on the ATP list. Hurkacz won 6: 1, 6: 4, and the match lasted only one hour and 21 minutes. But the winner prefers to talk about Majchrzak’s success.
– He played phenomenally throughout the game, especially after it was broken off. He was coming back, he was positive all the time. This is a great victory for Poland. We will continue to fight – he assesses.
“Being in the top four in the world is already a very big achievement”
The team captain is proud of both our winners, as well as the pair Jan Zieliński / Szymon Walków, who defeated Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni 7: 6, 7: 6.
– We won 3-0 because Kamil, Hubert, Janek and Szymon played at a very high level. This is a very sweet victory for us, because Argentina beat us two years ago in the ATP Cup. We had a great rematch – the former, great doubles player is happy.
– Kamil won for the first time with a player from the top 50. Hubert completely destroyed Diego Schwartzman. It is a great success for us. Of course, everything is still ahead of us, but being in the top four teams in the world is already a very big achievement – emphasizes Matkowski.
Poland – Spain semi-final. “We’re waiting for more. We’re having a great time”
We will play the semi-final on Friday. – We will face Spain. They are a very strong team, but so is ours. The guys are playing great here, we certainly are not in a lost position – assesses Matkowski. – The atmosphere in the team is great, the guys’ performance is at the highest level, we have a great time in Sydney and we are waiting for more – he sums up.
Source: Sport
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