Even without Alexander Zverev and Jan-Lennard Struff, the German Davis Cup team has easily reached the next round. The replacement weakened selection of the German Tennis Federation prevailed 3: 1 against Israel. In order to reach the final tournament in Bologna in November, Germany must now defeat the team from Japan in mid -September, the Great Britain 3: 2.
The decisive third point against Israel secured the German doubles, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz. The champions of the ATP final of 2024 outclassed the Israeli duo Daniel Cukierman and Amit Vales 6: 0, 6: 3. The one -sided game only lasted a little more than an hour. Finally, Daniel Masur lost his meaningless single debut in the Davis Cup against Ofek Shimanov 7: 6 (2), 3: 6, 8:10. The last single was no longer played.
Marterer and Hanfmann win their singles
Maximilian Marterer and Yannick Hanfmann had already won their two singles on Friday. Marterer rank Yshai Oliel with 6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 4, then Hanfmann won 6: 4, 6: 4 against Cukiman. For security reasons, the game had been moved to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. Zverev had canceled his participation early to recover from the Australian Open. In Melbourne, the world ranking second had reached the final, but missed his first Grand Slam triumph against the Italian Jannik Sinner. In the short term, Struff also had to fit because of an infection.
But even without the two top players, Germany never came into danger in front of just a few spectators in Vilnius. For Krawietz and Pütz, the doubles against the without the chances of Israelis was nothing more than a relaxed training session. After the Melbourne semi-finalists won the first set 6-0, they switched back a few gears in the second round and allowed the Israelis at least three game gains. “It was a very good match. With the 2-0 lead, it was of course nice to go on the square, ”said Krawietz.
After the relaxed recording against Israel, Germany also goes into the game against Japan as a favorite. The chance of being back at the final round is good. In the past year, Germany only failed in the semi -finals on the Netherlands.
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