Tennis: Hüsler and Cie favorites in opposition to Ecuador within the Davis Cup – rts.ch
Six months after a 3-1 victory in opposition to Lebanon in Biel, the Swiss workforce can get nearer to a victory in qualifying for the ultimate section of the Davis Cup 2023. Severin Lüthi’s workforce should defeat Ecuador to take action in Salinas Saturday and Sunday.
The Bernese depends on the identical quartet as in March in opposition to Lebanon. Its chief is now Marc-Andrea Hüsler (ATP 87), who has made nice progress since then with 2 titles received at altitude in Mexico on the Challenger circuit in April and a semi-final on the ATP Tour in Winston-Salem in August.
The Ecuadorian captain Raul Viver is definitely cautious of the Zurich left-hander, whose recreation is expressed splendidly at altitude. This assembly will thus be performed in Salinas. Henri Laaksonen (ATP 123) is now not within the top-100, however his degree of play is definitely at the least as excessive as that of Ecuadorian No. 1 Emilio Gomez (ATP 112) whom he’ll face on Saturday.
Severin Lüthi has a quantity 3, Dominic Stricker (ATP 124), with immense potential. The Bernese left-hander missed his match within the opening match in opposition to Lebanon in March, dropping in two units to Benjamin Hassan. The 2020 Roland-Garros junior champion, nevertheless, recovered in doubles alongside Hüsler, successful an important level. The 2 associates ought to once more be related in opposition to two specialists, Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo.
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