7-9 April on the clay courts of Lisbon Ukrainian men’s team tennis will play with Portugal in the framework of the second round match of the First Euro-African zone of the Davis Cup.
On leaving the Ukrainians came to the status as the undisputed underdog. Captain Andrei Medvedev in the match with Portugal due to various reasons can not rely on the main stars of the team – Alexander Dolgopolov, Illya Marchenko and Sergiy Stakhovsky. Instead the trio will make their debut in the national team of Ukraine 15-year-old Elijah Beloborodko and 18-year-old Mykyta Mashtakov.
Portugal, by contrast, throws Ukraine an optimum composition in the home match on court will be two players entering the top 100 of the ATP ranking: joão Souza and Gastao Elias.
The schedule of the Davis Cup match between Ukraine and Portugal:
Friday, April 7:
Gastao Elias – Artem Smirnov
Joao Sousa Mykyta Mashtakov
(the beginning of the day’s play at 15:00 Kyiv time)
Saturday, April 8
Gastao Elias / Joao Sousa Denys Molchanov / Ilya Beloborodko
(the beginning of the game day at 17:00 Kyiv time)
Sunday, April 9
Joao Souza – Artem Smirnov
Gastao Elias – Mykyta Mashtakov
The team captains can make changes to the application no later than an hour before the match.
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