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The Russian team leads 2-0 in the Davis Cup match
In the starting match of the match Russia - Thailand Igor Andreev, on the courts of the Luzhniki Sports Palace, in three sets, outplayed the most titled tennis player as part of the rivals Paradorne Sicapan - 7: 5, 6: 2, 6: 4.
The male team of Russia in tennis led in the account in the confrontation with Thailand in the Davis Play-Off Cup match for the right to stay in the world group. In the starting match of the match Russia - Thailand Igor Andreev, on the courts of the Luzhniki Sports Palace, in three sets, outplayed the most titled tennis player as part of the rivals Paradorne Sicapan - 7: 5, 6: 2, 6: 4.
In the first batch, the Thai was led in the score of 5: 3, but Andreev, who debuted in the Davis Cup match, managed to win four game in a row. In the second and third sets, a Russian dominated the court, who calmly brought the fight to victory, RIA Novosti notes. Andreev’s meeting with Sicapan lasted 2 hours 4 minutes.
Igor Andreev admitted that he was confident in victory. The tennis player said about this at a press conference immediately after the match. According to him, at first he experienced slight excitement, but during the match it disappeared. “For me, this match was the first in Moscow, and therefore I was worried,” said the Russian tennis player. “But I managed to cope with my nerves in time and bring the game to victory.”
Igor Andreev noted that he is currently in good physical shape. “I came from Bucharest, and I had a lot of time to restore the Davis Cup match,” Andreev said.
In the second single meeting, Marat Safin did not leave a chance to Danai Uddomchok - 6: 4, 6: 1, 6: 2. Thus, the Russian team on the first day of the competition led with a score of 2-0.
It will be a great exaggeration to say, ITAR-TASS notes that Safin showed his best game against an opponent who occupies the 190th line in the rating list of the association of tennis players, that is, 182 positions lower than Marat. It is noteworthy that the 23-year-old Tatets is inferior to the Russian in a height of 20 centimeters and 24 kilograms in weight. Nevertheless, throughout the game he managed to impose a grueling ball of the ball from the back line to Safina and forced him to make 31 unnativated mistakes against 34 of his own.
On Saturday, a pair meeting will be held on the court of Luzhniki DS, in which the fraternal duet of Sonshat and Sanshai Rativatan will play against Marat Safin and Mikhail South. In case of success, the hosts will win ahead of schedule in the match and keep a “residence permit” for the next year in the world group of an unofficial tennis championship among men's teams.