Kazakhstan digs deep to win the Swedish Davis Cup final

MADRID / STARNBERG, 27 November 2021

Kazakhstan began its journey at Davis Cup, Rakuten Finals won a 2-1 return victory over Sweden in Group B on Saturday afternoon in Madrid.

After losing the opening rubber, Kazakhstan, currently ranked 12th in the Nations Ranking, always fought back under its top player. Alexander Bublik. Ranked 36th on the world rankings in the series to win Mikael Ymer In the second duel 3-6, 6-4, 6-0. Bublik won 18 wins and turned four of their eight chance points to end the encounter in an hour and 34 minutes.

“I think that’s what tennis is all about” said Bublik. “You have to try to play until the last minute. If you have a chance, just try to get it and implement it. That’s what I did. I was lucky that the match turned in my direction.

Elias Ymer is still invincible in Madrid

Sweden, which wanted to continue the opening day with a convincing win from Canada, started the draw better. Elias Ymer got his second win of the week with an impressive 6-3, 7-6 (4) win Mikhail Kukushkin in the first singles rubber.

I love Madrid, I am invincible. happy Ymer said afterwards. I have played against Mikhail three times before and all our matches are very tough. You will never get easy moments against him. But he is a fighter and returned. The ball bounces very low. You can’t be superaggressive all the time. You have to choose a time to attack him because he has been a quality player I don’t know how many years. I really understand why he makes you feel uncomfortable. All credit to him. I’m just so happy to get through.

When asked about the new Davis Cup format, Ymer replied: “I’ve always felt the Davis Cup needed a change. Something had to be done because there are so many matches all the time. So I think it’s a good initiative, and it’s another year. This is the first time I’m here. Maybe it’s a little too late for the season, because if we have to go to Australia on the 27th, it’s like two weeks from now. But on top of that, I think we have something special in the Davis Cup that I think we should use in tennis.

Golubev / Nedovyesov succeed in a doubles match

After a tight start, an experienced couple Andrei Golubev and Alexander Nedovseyov ensured a level playing field for Kazakhstan Andre Goransson and Robert Lindestedt. The winners of the five ATP Challenger titles won 6-3, 6-3 in 68 minutes, leaving the B-block hanging at stake.

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