Nicolás Barrientos and Cristian Mejía They fulfilled the task this Saturday and gave life to Colombia in the Davis Cup play-off series. The Colombian couple won 6-3, 6-7 and 6-1 Alex Knaff and Chris Rodesch, and they gave the first point of the tie to the team captained by Alejandro Falla.
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Colombia had just lost the two singles matches on Friday against Luxembourg, a fall in doubles would sentence the team to relegation to the Davis Cup World Group II.
However, Barrientos and Rodríguez They withstood the pressure and gave the team a break in the Club Bellavista, north of Bogotá.
The first set It was quite tight, Colombians and Europeans were firm in their serves in the first games, under the intense capital sun. But in the eighth, they let their guard down a bit and the national duo took advantage to take the first set 6-3 after 38 minutes of play.
The duel remained very even in the second round, but Colombia they managed to go 4-2 up. But the deconcentrations took their toll and Luxembourg began to dominate the game and they equalized, to take the set to the tie-breaker, in which they won by a resounding 7-1 and won 7-6 in 57 minutes. The Europeans forced the third set to be played.
Nicolás Barrientos and Cristian Rodríguez They dominated the third round from start to finish and displayed their best game. They won with a resounding 6-1 in a set in which they hit 9 of 11 points with their first serve, achieving 80% effectiveness with their serve, scoring 16 of 20 points.
In the end, Barrientos and Rodríguez They each made four aces, hitting 21 of 26 points for 81% effectiveness. In addition, they won 32 points out of 50 played. The victory allows Colombia to discount, Luxembourg now wins the Davis Cup play-off series 2-1.
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