The quarterfinals of the Davis Cup will open Harel Levy and Igor Andreev

The quarterfinal match of the Davis Cup between the male tennis teams of Israel and Russia, which will be held on July 10-12 in Tel Aviv, will open Igor Andreev and Harel Levy on Friday. According to the results of the draw of the match, followed by this pair to the Nokia Arena court will be released the second number of Russians Mikhail Yuzhny and the leader of the Israeli Dudi team. The beginning of the first fight is at 14:00 Moscow time.

A day later, according to the tournament regulations, a pair meeting (15:00 Moscow time) will be held, in which Marat Safin and Igor Kunitsyn will meet with the duo Jonathan Erlich Endy Ram.

On Sunday, Andreev will play against Sely, and then South against Levy. Captains of prefabricated can make changes to any duel. The match will be held on a fast coating (Hard).

South, Andreev, Safin and Kunitsyn are in good shape and had the time to prepare for the match with Israel. This, according to ITAR-TASS, said after the draw, the captain of the Russian national team Shamil Tarpishchev. According to Safin, he is pleased with the results. "This is the best combination, I just need time to achieve the perfect form," he said. Other team members also expressed satisfaction with the layout of the games. Andreev added that in four days of training he had enough time to feel the Tel Aviv Stadium.

The paths of current rivals in recent history have never intersected. But with the USSR national team, the Israeli team played once: in the distant 1984, Soviet tennis players in Donetsk on the ground defeated an opponent with a score of 3-2. The Israeli team before that only once in its history went to the quarterfinals of the world championship: this happened in 1987.

The winner of this match in the struggle for access to the Davis-2009 Cup will be measured with the strongest in the fight between the teams of Spain and Germany.