The magic of the Davis Cup that’s not such…
The magic of the Davis Cup, as they name it, is not such… In actual fact, the historical past of the competitors that yielded outcomes past all logic labored midway in Malaga, the place for instance 8 of the 14 singles matches have been guided by the rating forecast and the best ranked participant received.
The one crew that magic performed a trick on in each video games was Spain, as a result of of their quarterfinal tie each Pablo Carreño and Roberto Bautista misplaced to decrease gamers on the ATP checklist. Carreno, 13°misplaced to Marin Cilic, 17°and Baptist, 21°earlier than Borna Coric, 26°.
The outcome furthest from classification idea was the victory of Jan-Lennard Struff, quantity 152, over Denis Shapovalov, 18°. A nasty premiere for the Canadian, which, nonetheless, He lastly raised the champion salad bowl.
The victory of the Italian Lorenzo Sonego, forty fifth, over the American Frances Tiafoe, nineteenth, didn’t respect the rating hierarchy both.
Already within the semifinals, Shapovalov returned to offer one among his pursuers pleasure by falling to Lorenzo Sonego (forty fifth), confirmed as a fantastic competitor of Davis; and De Minaur (twenty fourth) handed over Cilic (seventeenth). Within the different eight particular person matches of this last section, those that the rating stated they needed to win received.
Within the 4 doubles matches performed, it was harder to use logic as a result of modifications launched by the captains in some common pairings. However the huge surprises have been the defeat of the Germans Tim Puetz and Kevin Krawietz, undefeated in Davis and that they’d eight victories in a row as a pair, in opposition to the Canadians Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov; and, above all, that of the Croatians Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic, runners-up final week within the ATP finals, within the semifinals in opposition to the Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.
