VILNIUS, Lithuania — Chris Eubanks is changing an injured Taylor Fritz, who’s the top-ranked American man, within the lineup for the USA in opposition to Ukraine within the Davis Cup on Thursday.
The Thirty second-ranked Eubanks, who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon final yr, was scheduled to make his first look in a Davis Cup match in opposition to No. 498 Viacheslav Bielinskyi. The day’s different match: Sebastian Korda of the U.S. in opposition to Oleksii Krutykh.
Eubanks is from Atlanta and performed faculty tennis at Georgia Tech.
Fritz, who’s No. 9 within the rankings, was dominated out due to an injured proper hip, the U.S. staff introduced hours earlier than the beginning of the best-of-five-match collection, which continues Friday. It’s being held in Lithuania due to the continuing struggle in Ukraine, which started when Russia invaded in February 2022.
The opposite matches on this spherical of the boys’s staff tennis competitors are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, or Saturday and Sunday. The latter days embrace Lithuania internet hosting Georgia on indoor exhausting courts on the similar area in Vilnius as U.S.-Ukraine.
The 12 winners from this spherical will advance to the 2024 Davis Cup Finals, together with reigning champion Italy, 2023 runner-up Australia, and wild-card entries Britain and Spain.
Different matchups this week: Slovakia at Serbia (which is with out No. 1 Novak Djokovic); South Korea at Canada; Belgium at Croatia; Germany at Hungary; Switzerland at Netherlands; Israel at Czech Republic; Portugal at Finland; France at Taiwan; Kazakhstan at Argentina; Brazil at Sweden; and Peru at Chile.
