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Daniel Zuckerman and Yoni Erlich (Photo: Lidor Goldberg, Tennis Association)
After Daniel Zuckerman surrendered 1: 6, 6: 3 and 6: 2 to Ilya Marchenko and Idan Leshem equalized to 1: 1 with 3: 6, 6: 3 and 2: 6 over Sergei Stakhovsky, captain Yoni Erlich and Daniel Zuckerman Complete a makeover today (Saturday) and raise Israel to 1: 2 in the Davis’ meeting against Ukraine with 4: 6, 6: 4 and 3: 6 in the doubles match against Sergei Stakhovsky and Dennis Molchenov.
Ehrlich, 43, who serves as a player as captain of Israel’s Davis team and is ranked 64th in the world for couples, and Zuckerman, 25, who is ranked 799th in the world for singles, managed to register a costly victory at the expense of Sergei Stachovsky, who is ranked 194 for singles and Dennis Molchenov, who is ranked 91st for doubles and brought Israel closer to just one game from a victory in a meeting with the Ukrainians.
It may have started with a Ukrainian break, but the Israeli duo managed to break the Ukrainians’ submissions twice on the way to 4: 6 in the first set, while the second set went to the Ukrainians who broke once on the way to their own 4: 6. Ehrlich and Zuckerman also managed to break once in the fourth game of the third set and managed to keep the submissions at 3: 6 important at the end.
First set: 4: 6 to Ehrlich and Zuckerman
The Ukrainians started well for them and managed to break Yoni Ehrlich’s submissions and take the lead 0: 1, When in the next game they managed to keep the submissions on the way to0: 2. Zuckerman provided a perfect serve game and shrank to2: 1, While immediately afterwards came the Israeli break that equated to2: 2. Ehrlich managed to keep the submissions and complete a makeover on the way to the lead 2: 3 With a third game in a row going to the Israeli side, the Ukrainians responded and listened to3: 3, But Zuckerman answered and managed to keep the submissions on the way to3: 4 Although the Ukrainian duo has already managed to come back from a 40: 0 deficit to 40:40. Molchenov provided a good serve game and equaled4: 4, But Ehrlich responded in another serve game and ruled 4: 5 And then the Israeli duo managed to get another break and win the first set with 4: 6.
Second set: 4: 6 to Stachovsky and Molchenov
The Israeli duo continued their momentum and kept the submissions on the road to advantage 0: 1 In the opening of the second campaign, the Ukrainians compared to1: 1 And then broke Daniel Zuckerman’s submissions on the way to1: 2 And responded to the break they achieved when they saved two Israeli break points and went up to1: 3. The Israelis shrank to3: 2, But Molchenov answered in a good serve game and raised Ukraine to2: 4. Zuckerman kept the submissions and shrank to4: 3, The Ukrainians came back from a 30: 0 deficit and kept their submissions on the way to3: 5. Ehrlich kept the submissions and shrank to5: 4, But the Ukrainians managed to save three Israeli break points and won the second set with 4: 6.
Third set: 3: 6 to Ehrlich and Zuckerman
Ehrlich provided a good serve game and put Israel in the lead 0: 1, Ukrainians compare to1: 1, When the Ukrainians later reached a breaking point, but Ehrlich and Zuckerman managed to recover and went up to1: 2 And then achieved a break and took the lead 1: 3. Ehrlich provided a perfect serve game and raised Israel to1: 4 Importantly, the Ukrainians shrank to4: 2, But Zuckerman kept the submissions and raised Israel to2: 5, Only one game away from a game win. The Ukrainians shrank to 5: 3, but the Israeli duo managed to save two break points on the way to3: 6 Who completed a revolution and raised Israel to a 1: 2 advantage in the meeting.
