The Russian team became the finalist of the Davis Cup

The victory of Igor Andreev over the German Philip Kolshraiber in four parties brought the Russian national team to the final of the Davis Cup for tennis. The semi -final match Russia - Germany, which was held in Moscow on the court in the Olympic sports complex, ended with the victory of Russians with a score of 3: 2.

The Russian went to the match rested, unlike his opponent, who played a paired meeting on Saturday. However, Igor did not have a big advantage at the beginning. Until the eighth game of the first set of Break Punts, tennis players did not have at all. Then Andreev managed to take the feed of Kolshraiber and immediately behind it a batch from the first setball.

The second segment of the match also before the fifth game did not delight tennis lovers with a hot struggle. Only when the Russian again received a chance to take the rival and did not realize it, the German athlete revived and fulfilled what Igor had to do a little earlier. 4: 2, and the second set remained with the representative of Germany.

The third party took place with the overwhelming advantage of Andreev. The Russian finally “turned on” the legs, and the difference in the tennis player class became visible even to the baby. 6: 0 and 2: 1 on sets. What was happening in the stands of the "Olympic" - cannot be described in words. Each present prayed for the speedy victory of our boyfriend.

The starting game of the fourth batch on Andreev’s presentation lasted 10 minutes! In the end, the Russian came ahead, but spent too much effort, which was already affected by his next presentation, which was still taken by Kolshraiber. Igor was able to recoup in the middle of the set, and with a score of 4: 3 in his favor made another break! The last minutes of the match took place in a monstrously nervous environment. What are only three Matchball played by Philip!

Thus, the Russian team reached the 2007 Davis final, which will be held in the United States, where we will resist the host team.

Recall that a little earlier, Mikhail Yuzhny, Oduda of Philip Petzshner, equalized the score in the confrontation.

Petzshner, who takes 206th place in the ranking of the Association of Professional tennis players, was stubbornly resisted to the southern (17th racket of the world), but was generally inferior to the rival in the class -6: 4, 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3.

Initially, the leaders of the teams Nikolai Davydenko and Tommy Haas were supposed to reach the fourth game of the semi -finals, but the team captains took advantage of their right to make a replacement.

After the first two days, the Russian team lost with a score of 1: 2. On Friday, Igor Andreev in three sets defeated the leader of the German national team Tommy Haas, but then the first racket of Russia Nikolai Davydenko in a stubborn five -season battle lucked Philip Kolshraiber. On Saturday, the German couple Alexander Vaska/Philip Petskhner was stronger than the Russian duet Mikhail Yuzhny/Dmitry Tursunov in four sets - 6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6, recalls Eurosport .