EHe returned to the German team from Alexander Zverev caused the victory against Brazil to repeat, for the second year in a row, in the final phase of the Davis Cup. The third player in the world, who He hadn’t been part of his team for two years.won both of its games and certified the victory against the South American team, which once again missed out on the finals.
Zverev delivered in Friday’s opening match against Thiago Seybot but Thiago Monteiro then equalized for Brazil by beating Jan Lennard Struff in the duel at Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Park. Saturday’s session put the face of the confrontation for the visitors. Kevin Krawitz and Tim Puetz prevailed in three sets (4-6, 7-6(4) and 6-4), against Felipe Meligeni and Bruno Soares.
back in action after Zverev to seal the classification in the fourth point. He beat Thiago Monteiro 6-1 and 7-5.
Germany raises to eleven the number of teams with a guaranteed passport for the final phase. It joins Spain, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Sweden and Italy who repeat in the finals to which Argentina returns along with the Netherlands, Republic of Korea and Belgium, and from which Canada falls, finalist two editions ago.
In the absence of closing the confrontation between the United States and Colombia, with the North American advantage at the end of the first day, eleven teams have already secured their presence in the final phase of the competition.
Sixteen teams will make up the tournament poster. The twelve classified this weekend, winners of the qualifying rounds, are joined by Croatia, finalist last year, and Great Britain and Serbia, invited by the organization. To complete the list of participants, Russia’s place is pending, winner in Madrid in 2021, which was guaranteed her place but was expelled from the tournament by the ITF due to the invasion of Ukraine. The International Federation will make a decision in the next few days.
The sixteen teams will be divided into four groups of four that will make up the group stage that will be played from September 14 to 18 in as many venues to be determined. The first two of each quartet will play, on a single stage, the final leg of the event. Quarterfinals, semifinals and final, from November 23 to 27.
