Chile challenges Kazakhstan for the Davis Cup Qualifiers, where the team led by Nicolás Massú will seek to return to the World Group of the traditional tournament.
A crucial key. Chile y Kazakhstan face each other for the Qualifiers (Qualifiers) to the World Group, which will give the winner tickets to the elite of international tennis.
The Campus Trentino de La Serena will host the crossing between those led by Nicolas Massu and the Eurasians, which promises to be played in a full stadium to encourage Alejandro Tabilo, Cristian Garin, Nicolás Jarry, Tomás Barrios and Gonzalo Lama.
On the side of the outsiders, their captain Born Schukin Nothing was saved and he summoned Alexander Búblik, Timofey Skatov, Mikhail Kukushkin and the doubles players Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Andrey Golubev.
“We have a strong team, capable of winning every match in the series and we will do our best to achieve that,” said Bublik, the first seed from Kazakhstan (36th on the ATP).
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On the Chilean side, Tabilo will be the one with the best ranking (97th). ‘Jano’ assured in the preview that “expectations are very high, we have a very important chance of moving up to the World Group and we have to play every game with everything”.
It is worth mentioning that the team that loses will fall to the World Group I playoffs, an instance where the nationals beat Peru in September 2022.
Chile vs Kazakhstan for the Davis Cup Qualifiers: days, times and where to watch live
The day of Saturday, February 4 starts at 12:00 p.m.with the first singles duels (the 1st of Chile against the 2nd of Kazakhstan and the 2nd national against the 1st of the visitors).
Meanwhile, the action Sunday, February 5, starts at 11:00 a.m. with the doubles duel that will be followed -if necessary- by the other two singles.
The Davis Cup duels between Chile and Kazakhstan will be broadcast by TVN y TVN Play.