Prima zi a întâlnirilor din semifinalele Cupei Davis 2016 precum şi din Play-Off-ul (Barajul) pentru menţinerea /retrogradarea în / din Grupa Mondială s-a încheiat. Iată rezultatele, însoţite de Galerii Foto (credit: daviscup.com).
Semifinale:
Marea Britanie – Argentina (Glasgow) 0-2
Andy Murray (2 ATP) – Juan Martin Del Potro (64) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(5), 3-6, 4-6
Kyle Edmund (55) – Guido Pella (49) 7-6(5), 4-6, 3-6, 2-6
Loturile:
Andy Murray (2 ATP la simplu / 200 ATP la dublu), Daniel Evans (53 / 276), Kyle Edmund (55 / 822=), Jamie Murray (- / 4)
Federico Delbonis (41 / 181), Guido Pella (49 / 310), Juan Martin Del Potro (64 / 353), Leonardo Mayer (114 / 122)
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Croaţia – Franţa (Zadar) 1-1
Borna Coric (42 ATP) – Richard Gasquet (17) 2-6, 6-7(5), 1-6
Marin Cilic (11) – Lucas Pouille (18) 6-1, 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2
Marin Cilic (11 / 266=), Borna Coric (42 / 437), Ivan Dodig (89 / 8), Marin Draganja (- / 132)
Richard Gasquet (17 / 580), Lucas Pouille (18 / 98), Nicolas Mahut (40 / 1), Pierre-Hugues Herbert (112 / 2)
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Play-Off
Uzbekistan – Elveţia (Tashkent) 1-1
Denis Istomin (113 ATP) – Antoine Bellier (507) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Sanjar Fayziev (634) – Henri Laaksonen (138) 2-6, 2-6, 2-6
Denis Istomin (113 / 162), Farrukh Dustov (237 / 464), Sanjar Fayziev (634 / 522), Jurabek Karimov (769 / 855)
Henri Laaksonen (138 / 614), Adrien Bossel (498 / 1115), Antoine Bellier (507 / 458), Johan Nikles (668 / 1061=)
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Belgia – Brazilia (Oostende) 2-0
David Goffin (14 ATP) – Thiago Monteiro (101) 6-2, 6-2, 6-0
Steve Darcis (103) – Thomaz Bellucci (79) 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
David Goffin (14 / 266=), Steve Darcis (103, -), Joris de Loore (190 / 462), Ruben Bemelmans (231 / 207)
Thomaz Bellucci (79 / 96), Thiago Monteiro (101 / 622), Marcelo Melo (- / 3), Bruno Soares (- , 5)
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Australia – Slovacia (Sydney) 2-0
Nick Kyrgios (15 ATP) – Andrej Martin (127) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Bernard Tomic (21) – Jozef Kovalik (123) 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4
Nick Kyrgios (15 / 2013), Bernard Tomic (21 / 234), Sam Groth (272 / 69), John Peers (- , 26)
Jozef Kovalik (123 / 803), Andrej Martin (127, 83), Norbert Gombos (334 / 708), Igor Zelenay (127=, 87)
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Canada – Chile (Halifax) 2-0
Frank Dancevic (236 ATP) – Christian Garin (260) 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4
Vasek Pospisil (120) – Nicolas Jarry (423) 6-1, 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-3
Vasek Pospisil (120 / 12), Frank Dancevic (236 / 1032) , Denis Shapovalov (245 / 472), Adil Shamasdin ( – , 70)
Gonzalo Lama (177 / 461), Christian Garin (260 / 490), Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (372 / 65), Nicolas Jarry (423 / 262)
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Rusia – Kazahstan (Moscova)
Andrey Kuznetsov (47 / 324), Evgeny Donskoy (90 / – ), Konstantin Kravchuk (95 / 165), Andrey Rublev (200 / 189)
Mikhail Kukushkin (80 / 824), Aleksandr Nedovyesov (215 / 226), Andrey Golubev (218 / 169), Dmitry Popko (241 / 392)
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India – Spania (New Delhi) 0-2
Ramkumar Ramanathan (203 ATP) – Feliciano Lopez (26) 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6
Saketh Myneni (137) – David Ferrer (13) 1-6, 2-6, 1-6
Nadal nu a jucat din cauza unui dernajament stomacal.
Saketh Myneni (137 / 119), Ramkumar Ramanathan (203 / 261), Sumit Nagal (380 / 693), Leander Paes (- / 63)
Rafael Nadal (4 / 357), David Ferrer (13 / – ), Feliciano Lopez (26 / 13), Marc Lopez ( – / 15)
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Germania – Polonia (Berlin) 2-0
Jan-Lennard Struff (67 ATP) – Kamil Majchrzak (277) 6-7(8), 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
Florian Mayer (59) – Hubert Hurkacz (329) 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-4, 7-5
Florian Mayer (59 / 438), Jan-Lennard Struff (67 / 199), Daniel Brands (163 / 735), Daniel Masur (265 / 397)
Kamil Majchrzak (277 / 293), Hubert Hurkacz (329 / 794), Lukasz Kubot (595 / 20), Marcin Matkowski ( – / 38)
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Japonia – Ucraina (Osaka) 2-0
Taro Daniel (88 ATP) – Sergiy Stakhovsky (105) 7-6(4), 7-6(2), 6-1
Yoshihito Nishioka (96) – Illya Marchenko (50) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
Kei Nishikori (5 / 818=), Taro Daniel (88 / 1217=), Yoshihito Nishioka (96 / 421), Yuichi Sugita (98 / 460)
Illya Marchenko (50 / 582), Sergiy Stakhovsky (105 / 344), Artem Smirnov (321 / 1118=), Danylo Kalenichenko (657 / 419)
