Davisy Cup. Poland – Portugal 0: 3
The results are surprising, and somewhat small in size when you consider that Polish tennis is present on the rising tide. Poles justify themselves playing for the player Hubert Hurkaczwhich applicant to play in tournaments and the surface favorable to rivals – ground in the hall.
On Friday, the singles lost Kacper Żuk and Kamil Majchrzak (unpleasant surprise), and on Saturday in the “match for everything” for Poles – doubles Szymon Walków and Jan Zieliński.
The first gem was already the best for Poles. They defended themselves against the start of the website. Efficiently. The rivals finished in the additional one. They were leading 40: 0. They lost two points but broke the Portuguese.
It was a crucial moment in sex. They guarded their fights with Zieliński – in four of them they lost only five points. They won this game 6: 3.
The second starts badly for the white and reds. I was as good as in the first. It was Cabral and Borges that were leading 3-0. It is a pity for the fifth game in which Poles have the right to step away from breaking the vote. They were leading 40:15. The Portuguese successfully resisted. They were already losing 1: 4 against Zieliński.
Until the end of the set, the situation did not change. Cabral and Borges played too well for the Polish duo to threaten them. Cabral’s successful debut in Portugal was impressive. The White and Reds ul. 4: 6.
The decisive set was played badly at the beginning by the Poles. Already at the beginning they gave a “break” in the game, in which he made two service mistakes. It got 0: 4 very quickly. The host tennis players presented themselves better in every tennis aspect: they served more reliably, they initiated innovative, they were alert to the net.
At 4-0, Cabral and Borges had three break points. Fortunately, then the Poles were dispersed rivals and won the first game in the set. This point became their motivation. They are reborn. They fought to the end and put their rivals on permanent conditions. In 1: 5, they led to 4: 5 and in the tenth time they did not win – they had three breaks, they defended two match points. But they lost nevertheless. The Portuguese are better that day.
We from Poland play World Group II Davis Cup.
Olgierd Kwiatkowski
Doubles (Saturday): Francisco Cabral / Nuno Borges – Szymon Walków / Jan Zieliński 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4.
Single (Friday): Joao Sousa – Kacper Żuk 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 4.
Single (Friday): Nuno Borges – Kamil Majchrzak 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3