On 4 and 5 March 2022, the Azzurri from Volandri will face the preliminary round against the Slovak team. The strongest of the rivals is Molcan, number 88 in the world
Slovakia will be Italy’s opponent in the preliminary round of the Davis Cup on 4 and 5 March 2022. The Azzurri captain Filippo Volandri will therefore play away.
Italy won the only previous match against Slovakia played on the red clay of Cagliari in 2009. At the time Potito Starace, Fabio Fognini and Flavio Cipolla (captain Corrado Barazzutti) won 4-1 over Hrbaty, Lacko, Mertinak and Polasek (captain Miloslav Mecir). Today the tennis player with the best ranking is Alex Molcan (n.88), who precedes Norbert Gombos (n.117) and Andrej Martin (n.121).
24 nations will take part in the preliminary round: 16 of the 18 teams (2 are in fact wild cards) ranked from 3rd to 18th place in the 2021 Finals – including Italy – and ten nations that qualified in the World Group I 2021. The two finalists of the current edition (Russia and Croatia) and the two wild cards (Serbia and Great Britain) are automatically qualified for the Finals 2022, selected from the teams classified from 3rd to 18th place, which were announced before the preliminary round draw. The winning national teams of the preliminary round (4 and 5 March 2022) will qualify for the Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals 2022, adding – as mentioned – to the two finalists of this year and to the two wild cards so as to compose the lot of the 16 participating nations (no longer 18).
December 5 – 3:11 pm
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