By hand. Uruguay draws 1-1 in the clash with New Zealand, for the qualifying Group 1 of the Davis Cup. The series takes place in Las Vegas, on hard courts and outdoors. Pablo Cuevas achieved the point of the South American team and wrote history.
In the first single, Ignacio Carou lost to Rubin Statham 6-4, 6-2 and then the oldest of the Cuevas beat Ajeet Rai by the same score, in this duel in a neutral country.
With this victory, Pablo Cuevas is now the Uruguayan player with the most total successes in the Davis Cup, between singles and doubles, with 30 singles and 13 in pairs, thus leaving behind Marcelo Filippini, who achieved 42 (31-11).
The Uruguayan national team captained by Enrique Pérez faces New Zealand in Las Vegas, United States, seeking not to be relegated to World Group II. The series is played at the Darling Tennis Center, which is not the usual floor where the Uruguayans compete.
The celestial representative is made up of: Pablo Cuevas, Ariel Behar, Ignacio Carou, Franco Roncadelli and Francisco Llanes from Sanducero. On this occasion, Martín Cuevas was relegated from the campus due to being positive for Covid-19.
On Saturday, the Uruguayan doubles team will be made up of Ariel Behar and Carou and will be led by Artem Sitak and Michael Venus, then in singles there will be Pablo Cuevas with Statham in the first turn, and therefore the last match will be between Carou and Rai.