The Davis Cup semifinals will open Anchich and Davydenko

The semi -final match of the Davis Cup between the national teams of Croatia and Russia, which will be held in the Croatian Split in the Sports Complex of the Dvorand of Courtyard, will begin on Friday with the confrontation between Mario Anchich, which is the second racket of the Croatian national team, and Nikolai Davydenko, the first number of the Russian team.

On the same day, the first rocket of the Croats Ivan Lyubichich and Mikhail Yuzhny (2nd number of Russia) will be released in the second match.

On Saturday, a pair meeting will be held, in which the Russian side will be represented by South/Dmitry Tursunov, and Lyubichich/Anchich will play for the owners.

On Sunday, athletes speaking in single matches will change rivals: Lyubichich will play with Davydenko and then Anchich - with the South.

Recall that in the absence of the injured Marat Safin, the Russian team in Split is represented by Nikolai Davydenko, Mikhail Yuzhny, Igor Andreev and Dmitry Tursunov.

The captains of the teams have the right an hour before the pair meeting and an hour before the first match on Sunday to make a replacement, and before the decisive fifth match it will be possible to change the tennis player within 10 minutes after the end of the previous match.

On Friday and Sunday, single fights will begin at 15:00 Moscow time, and on Saturday the pair fight starts at 16:00.

Tarpishchev: Key will be the first day

The captain of the Russian national team Shamil Tarpishchev believes that the outcome of the semifinal match against the Croats can be predetermined on the first day. He expressed this opinion in an interview with RIA Novosti on Thursday after the official drawing ceremony.

“The first day will be the key, the further struggle in the match will depend on it,” Tarpishchev said. “To win, we need to fulfill two components - to submit and establish a struggle to the opponent’s presentation. Only in this case we will be able to win. Everything will depend on the result of the first day and further tactics. In general, we put the strongest players on single matches, so there are no secrets from each other. We do not have a friend. "

He also noted that the fast coating of the court (hard) chose the Croatian side for itself. “If the match took place in Russia, then the courts, of course, would be much slower,” Tarpishchev admitted.