Chileans reduced the lag in the Davis Cup match

The Chile team reduced the lag behind the Russian team in the 1/8 finals of the Davis Cup for tennis.

On Saturday, a pair meeting was held, in which Fernando Gonzalez and Nicholas Mass was opposed by Marat Safin and Igor Andreev. The game turned out to be stubborn and equal, but at key points the owners of the court acted more successfully, they won - 7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 3, 6: 4.

The score in the Chili match - Russia became 2-1 in favor of the team of Shamil Tarpishchev, the current owner of a silver salad bowl.

On Sunday, two single meetings will take place: Safin - Gonzalez and Mass - Andreev. The victory in any of them will bring the Russian team to the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup, RIA Novosti reports.

According to the rules of the tournament, the next stage will be released that will win at least three out of five possible matches. The winner of the Chili match - Russia will play either with the France team or with the Romanian national team.

Russia put up a weakened team for this match: for various reasons, there are no two leading players - Nikolai Davydenko and Mikhail Yuzhny. South needs to rest, and Davydenko is quite capable of fighting for the title of the second racket of the world.

In favor of the Chileans, the fact that they did not lose at home in the last nine matches of the Davis Cup also speaks, and the South American defeats suffered the last defeat with their spectators in February 1996 from the Brazilians.