Borges and Cabral lose pairs meeting and tie remains open
VIANA DO CASTELO — After an opening round, the national team eliminated the perfect one in the second and the last Portuguese team lost on the second day of World Group 1 history. Davis Cup at the Cultural Center of Viana do Castelo: Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral The match of pairs and unpublished head-to-head against Brazil (still favorable to Portugal 2-1) will be recognized in the matches of singles.
In the duel that opened this Saturday’s round, Nuno Borges (93rd impression in the classification singles and 70th in doubles) and Francisco Cabral (45th in doubles) gave way 6-3, 0-6 and 6-3 to Rafael Matos and Felipe Meligeni.
Side by side in qualifiers Davis Cup for the time, the Portuguese duo could not resist Monday to the week in Viana do Castelo with strong credentials: Matos is 36th. of which alongside Meligeni, who, in addition to being 143rd in singles, is in the 100th position in doubles (already 75th).
Divided into acts, the encounter four equal points with the two pairs was one of the pairs started by Borges, who later recovered from three points gained among the 26 in discussion, which later recovered from points gained among the 26 in discussion, the encounter with a to define brushing perfection. But at the time of all decisions (in Davis Cup There is not playoff in a point to be stronger, taking advantage of the partial part yield break to guarantee a point to be stronger.
With a 2-1 win, Portugal will be able to celebrate qualifying for the Davis Cup Qualifiers already in the first singular of the day, if João Sousa derogate Thiago Monteiro. Otherwise, Nuno Borges beat Felipe Meligeni in the decisive encounter.
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