Within touching distance of victory: 1: 2 to Israel against South Africa in the Davis Cup | Israel today

A point from victory.

The Davis meeting between the Israeli and South African teams, which takes place at the "Toto Hall of the Campus" in Ashdod, continues today (Saturday) when at the end of the game the blue and white couples went up to a 1: 2 deficit and a point above it for the battle for the upper house.

Games day opens with a doubles match between captain Yoni Erlich (ranked 72 in the world in doubles) and Daniel Zuckerman (661 in the world singles) and Raven Klassen (34 in the world in doubles - ranked 7th in the world) and Lloyd Harris, in front of a hall full of 2,500 spectators.

The game was close all the way, when the first set was decided only by a reconnaissance voucher in favor of Israel, when the second set Klassen and Harris put up gear and managed to take it and in the decisive set Israel had the upper hand with 6: 7 (3), 6: 3, 3: 6 .

After the doubles, Harris, who is ranked 34th in the world for singles, is scheduled to play a singles match against Yishai Uliel in a meeting between two numbers 1, and the last match will bring together Zuckerman and Rowan Roulopsa, who is ranked 1,078 in the world.

As you may recall, Israel ended the opening day with a 1: 1 draw, after Zuckerman also went up to the senior South African to sweat, before surrendering 6: 4, 6: 4, followed by Uliel, who managed to equalize the meeting, at a light 2: 6, 3: 6 end. On Rolopse.

This is the first Davis meeting to take place in Israel after four and a half years, when the winning team will fight for promotion to the upper house and the loser will go down to second place.

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