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Israel national team (Lidor Goldberg, Tennis Association)
The draw for the Israeli national team’s Davis Cup match against Ukraine in Kiev has determined that Daniel Zuckerman, who is ranked 799th in the world, will open tomorrow at 15:00 the match in the game against Ilya Marchenko, who is ranked 177th in the world. After that, Idan Leshem will play against Sergei Stakhovsky.
On Saturday, the games will open at 11:30 with the doubles meeting between the Israeli national team captain, Yoni Erlich, who is ranked 68th in the world in doubles, Vichy Uliel (425 in the world) and Danilo Kalinichenko (487 in the world) and Dennis Molchenov, who is ranked 91 in doubles.
In the fourth game Idan Leshem will meet Ilya Marchenko and in the fifth and final meeting, Daniel Zuckerman will play against Sergei Stakhovsky, where Yoni Erlich can choose whether to replace one of the two with another player in the two meetings to be held on Saturday. The meeting will take place on all five of its games in an enclosed hall on a hard court on the outskirts of Kiev, where the hawk-eye system has also been installed at the meeting due to the fact that there are no line judges in the games due to corona restrictions.
The captain June Erlich, Who also functions as an actor, referred to the meeting and said: “The professional team and I decided, after a difficult deliberation, that Idan and Daniel would come up to play. We think all four players are in great shape, and really each of them would have deserved to play on the first day. “I came to the conclusion that experience will be a very important factor here, so I went for my two more experienced players, who played the most games in Davis and have already scored points.”
The chances of the meeting: “We are not favorites at the moment, we are playing against two former Top 100 players. Although they are not at their peak today, they are still ranked higher, more experienced and surpassing us in some parameters. At the same time, in the Davis Cup I have already seen everything happen and I believe that my players can come up and bring the points. “
Ukrainian captain, former player Andrei Medvedev, Ranked at its peak at number 4 in the world, said: “We are favorites on paper, but it’s a sport and I’m sure it will be a tough encounter and we are ready to fight. We have a national mission, we take it very seriously and the fact that we are favorites may put more pressure on us. ”
