Belarus defeats Romania in home match of Davis Cup first round

6 февраля 2017

By Elena Gorelchik: The Belarusian tennis men’s team has defeated Romania in a home match of the first round of the Davis Cup series. Thus, the Belarusians have managed to gain revenge as the Romanian team kicked them out of the World Group 12 years ago.

Egor Gerasimov, 24, brought two out of three points to the national team. On the first day, he defeated Romania’s number 1 Marius Copil. The duo of Max Mirnyi and Yaroslav Shylo defeated Horia Tecau and Marius Copil. Ilya Ivashko, who has experienced no Davis Cup defeats prior to the Minsk matches, lost twice in the five games against Romania.

Belarus’ next rival is Austria. In case of victory, the national team will be competing in the World Group playoffs.

This weekend, Chizhovka Arena will host a Fed Cup World Group match between Belarus and the Netherlands.

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