Saturday, 5 March 2022

Davis Cup Qualifiers - Day One

Davis Cup 2022 World Group Qualifiers - Day 1

The winning nations will join the three teams already qualified for the 2022 Davis Cup Finals - 2021 finalist Croatia, and 2022 wildcards Great Britain and Serbia.

2021 champions, the Russian Tennis Federation, had automatically qualified for the 2022 finals, but has since been suspended due to the invasion of Ukraine.

Seedings in brackets

France (1) v Ecuador, Palais des Sports, Pau, France

Arthur Rinderknech (France) defeated Emilio Gomez (Ecuador) 6-2 7-5
Adrian Mannarino (France) defeated Roberto Quiroz (Ecuador) 6-4 4-6 6-1

Spain (2) v Romania, Puente Romano Club de Tenis, Marbella, Spain

Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) defeated Gabi Adrian Boitan (Romania) 6-3 6-1
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) defeated Marius Copil (Romania) 6-4 6-3

Finland v Belgium (3), Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo, Finland 

David Goffin (Belgium) defeated Otto Virtanen (Finland) 7-5 3-6 6-3
Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland) defeated Zizou Bergs (Belgium) 6-3 7-5

USA (4) v Colombia, Reno Events Center, Reno, USA

Sebastian Korda (USA) defeated Nicolas Mejia (Colombia) 6-4 1-6 6-4
Taylor Fritz (USA) defeated Alejandro Gonzalez (Colombia) 6-1 6-0

Netherlands v Canada (5), Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands 

Botic van de Zandschulp (Netherlands) defeated Alexis Galarneau (Canada) 7-5 7-6(9)
Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands) defeated Steven Diez (Canada) 6-4 6-4

Brazil v Germany (6), Parque OlĂ­mpico Arena Tenis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

Alexander Zverev (Germany) defeated Thiago Seyboth Wild (Brazil) 6-4 6-2
Thiago Monteiro (Brazil) defeated Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) 6-3 1-6 6-3

Slovakia v Italy (7), NTC Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia 

Jannik Sinner (Italy) defeated Norbert Gombos (Slovakia) 6-4 4-6 6-4
Filip Horansky (Slovakia) defeated Lorenzo Sonego (Italy) 7-6(2) 6-3

Australia (8) v Hungary, Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia 

Alex de Minaur (Australia) defeated Zsombor Piros (Hungary) 7-5 6-2
Marton Fucsovics (Hungary) defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australia) 7-6(4) 1-6 6-3

Norway v Kazakhstan (9), Oslo Tennis Arena, Oslo, Norway 

Casper Ruud (Norway) defeated Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) 6-1 6-4
Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan) defeated Viktor Durasovic (Norway) 6-3 6-2

Sweden (10) v Japan, Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg, Sweden 

Yosuke Watanuki (Japan) defeated Dragos Nicolae Madaras (Sweden) 6-4 6-4
Elias Ymer (Sweden) defeated Taro Daniel (Japan) 7-5 6-4

Argentina (11) v Czech Republic, Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Sebastian Baez (Argentina) defeated Jiri Lehecka (Czech Republic) 7-6(4) 6-3
Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) defeated Tomas Machac (Czech Republic) 2-6 6-2 6-3

Korea v Austria (12), Olympic Park Tennis Court - Indoor Court, Seoul, Korea

Dennis Novak (Austria) defeated Nam Ji-sung (Korea) 6-1 6-4
Soonwoo Kwon (Korea) defeated Jurij Rodionov (Austria) 7-5 6-4

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