Ecuador meets with a full team in the French city of Pau, home of the qualifiers Davis Cup who will face the French and Ecuadorians this March 4 and 5, for the passage to the finals of the most important team tennis tournament in the world.
All the players arrived at the tournament hotel on Sunday after completing various competitions on the ATP circuit. The next day the national team, which captains Raul LiverHe worked for two days. In the morning they did it on the central court of the Palais des Sports, Robert Quiroz and Diego Hidalgowith the assistance of the physical trainer Ramiro Kitchen, and the direction of Raúl Viver. In the afternoon they joined the works, emilio gomez and Gonzalo Escobar. Cayetano March he did not train due to a stomach problem.
Viver, captain of the team, indicated that “we are adapting well, is a surface similar to that of Madrid (end 2021). We are going to have a good preparation to arrive on Friday as well as this series deserves”.
Regarding the French team, he emphasized that “it is a strong team, despite the loss of Gael Monfilsbut they have hierarchy players like (Adrian) Mannarino(Arthur) rinderknech, (Pierre-Hugues) Herbert and (Nicolas) mahutwhich are planted in stellar positions of the ranking world. I think the experience of the finals of Madrid They are going to be important for us, where we were able to play a good role against Spain and Russia. The players in the Davis Cup have another motivation, that’s how we showed it two years ago in the Qualifiers against Japan, where we weren’t favorites, but we won away”.
Viver described as important the beginning of the season of the Ecuadorians. “Gonzalo started well, he had a good performance in the Australian Open, and an ATP final in Australia; Diego won two titles Challengers and a final; Emilio agreed to the main draw of the Australian Open; Roberto has been raising his level, he had very good games in the Columbus and Cleveland Challengers; and, Cayetano, the fifth player, is always willing to support in training”.
Following the retirement of Gael Monfils, number 25 on the ATP Tour, the French team, led by Sebastian Grosjean, is made up of Adrian Mannarino (#55 ATP), Arthur Rinderknech (#53), Benjamin Bonzi (#64), Pierre-Hugues Herbert (#8 ATP doubles) and Nicolas Mahut (#6 ATP doubles).
Ecuador fell in the Group stage of the Davis Cup Finals 2021 in Madrid after finishing third in Group A, losing to the Russian Tennis Federation and Spain.
The two days of the series between the French and Ecuadorians are scheduled as follows: day 1, Friday, March 4: 09:00 (from Ecuador); day 2, 08:00, Saturday March 5.
The series will be played to the best of five games: the first two singles on the opening day; the doubles and the other two singles on the second day.
This week 12 series of Qualifiers are played in the world, which will define the twelve winning countries that will access the group stage of the Davis Cup finals, while the twelve losing nations will play in the World Group I series in 2022 .
Davis Cup Format 2022
The multi-city format of the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals (September 14-18, 2022) is increased from three host cities to four in 2022, with 16 teams divided into 4 groups of 4 nations each . The top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout stage (knock-outs) of the Davis Cup finals, which will take place from November 23 to 27, 2022.
The Russian Tennis Federation and Croatiaas finalists in 2021, along with the guests (wild cards) Serbia and Great Britain have already secured their place in the 2022 group stage. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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