The Czech Tomas Machac wins by a double 6-4 against the Valencian tennis player and makes it 1-0 in favor of his country
The Spanish Davis Cup team has started the Group Stage in Valencia with a setback. The debutante Bernabe Zapata has fallen in the first match against Tomas Machac (6-4 and 6-4), a duel that marked the start of the series against the Czech Republic. Now, after the Valencian tennis player’s setback, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, a player from the team captained by David Ferrer with the highest ranking, is obliged to beat Jiri Lehecka in the next match.
Zapata Miralles accused the pressure of the premiere on a La Fonteta court that had not yet warmed up with just over half an inning in its stands. Zapata, 26 years old, He lost his serve in the opening game, a situation that continued throughout the match. loading his racket with nerves and inaccuracies.
Machac, number 119 in the ATP ranking, was much more solid, especially when he had to resort to the second serve. The Czech did not waste his advantage and took the first set in 47 minutes of play after an excessive return from his Valencia-born opponent.
The second set started with Zapata, again, in tow. Although the Spaniard was able to resist the attacks of the Central European, who went 0-30 twice, he finally ended up giving in in the seventh game (3-4). Machac remained firm until the end and did not waste the opportunity to put the Czech Republic in front after a final blow by the Valencian against the net.
One hour and 33 minutes is the time the 22-year-old Czech needed to make it 0-1 in favor of Jaroslav Navratil’s team.
Davidovich Fokina, double or nothing
Spain faces the next match, which will be played next by the first two rackets of each country, Davidovich Fokina (25th ATP) and the Czech Jiri Lehecka (30th), with maximum urgency. The man from Malaga, who is also scheduled for the final doubles with Marcel Granollers, has to win for David Ferrer’s team to tie the series, otherwise Czechia would emerge as the winner of this tie.