HELSINGBORG, Sweden — Thiago Monteiro led Brazil its first spot within the Davis Cup finals group stage in September, beating Sweden’s Elias Ymer 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday for a 3-1 staff victory.
“I am simply comfortable to assist the staff,” Monteiro mentioned. “Everybody had put numerous effort in to make this work. It’s the job of the entire staff.”
Earlier in doubles on the arduous court docket at Helsingborg Area, Brazil’s Felipe Meligeni Alves and Rafael Matos topped Filip Bergevi and Andre Goransson 6-2, 7-5. Within the opening singles matches Friday, Monteiro beat Karl Friberg, and Ymer edged Gustavo Heide for Sweden’s lone level.
Brazil gained its third straight match after topping China and Denmark final yr in World Group I.
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On Friday, america wrapped up a group-stage spot with a sweep over Ukraine in matches performed in Lithuania due to the conflict in Ukraine.
The 12 winners this week will be part of reigning champion Italy, 2023 runner-up Australia, and wild-card entries Britain and Spain within the finals group stage in September. Then eight groups will make it to the quarterfinals in Malaga, Spain, in November, when a champion can be decided.
In different matches that ended Saturday, the Netherlands beat visiting Switzerland 3-2; Germany gained 3-2 at Hungary; Slovakia topped host Serbia 3-0 to achieve the finals for the primary time; Canada beat visiting South Korea 3-1; and host Finland swept Portugal 3-0.
On a tough court docket in Groningen, Botic van de Zandschulp beat Marc-Andrea Huesler 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3 to elevate the Netherlands previous Switzerland. Earlier, Tallon Griekspoor tied it for the Netherlands, beating Leandro Riedi 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3), after Riedi and Huesler beat Wesley Koolhof and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) in doubles.
In Kraljevo on clay, Serbia — enjoying with out No. 1 Novak Djokovic — fell when Lukas Klein and Igor Zelenay beat Nikola Cacic and Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6 (4), 6-3. Klein and Zelenay gained singles matches Friday.
In Montreal, Gabriel Diallo beat Seongchan Hong 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 to ship Canada to the following spherical. Earlier, Jisung Nam and Minkyu Music stored South Korea alive, topping Vasek Pospisil and Alexis Galarneau 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 in doubles.
In Tatabanya, Jan-Lennard Struff beat Mate Valkusz 6-3, 6-2 to offer Germany the deciding level. In Turku, Emil Ruusuvuori and Harri Heliovaara despatched Finland to the following stage, topping Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral 6-4, 7-6 (6).
In matches that began Saturday and can finish Sunday, the host Czech Republic led Israel 2-0; Belgium was tied 1-1 at Croatia; France led 2-0 at Taiwan; Kazakhstan was tied 1-1 at Argentina; and Peru was tied 1-1 at Chile.
