The Israeli Davis team, led by captain Yoni Ehrlich, opened today (Saturday) in the city of Trinch the meeting for the ticket to the upper house against the Czech Republic.
And at the end of the first day today the blue and whites are behind 2:0.
First, Israel's top ranked Yishai Oliel (415th in the world) and the number two ranked Czech Jacob Menschik (127) came to play. The Israeli did not look good in the first set, but then he loosened up and looked much better in the second set in the end he surrendered 6:1, (4)7:6, in a match that lasted one hour and 34 minutes.
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Later, the number one racket of the Czech Republic Yiri Lachaka (31st in the world) and the number two racket of Israel Daniel Zuckerman (465) went up, but this time too, the balance of power was clear and the local had the upper hand at the end with 6:1, ( 2) 7:6, when this time the game lasted one hour and 28 minutes.
Tomorrow (Sunday, starting at 14:00), the doubles match will take place first, where Idan Leshem and Roy Stepanov are supposed to participate against Tomas Machach and Adam Pavlesk, when the lineups can be changed up to an hour before the start of the match.
Later, number one will meet Yishai Oliel and Yiri Lahchaka and the fifth match will be between number two Daniel Zuckerman and Jacob Menshik.
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