Teen Ostapenkov stuns Schwartzman

FE Team | Published: September 19, 2021 22:43:33

NEWYORK, Sept 19 (Reuters): Belarusian Daniil Ostapenkov, a young person who had not performed professional-level match earlier than, surprised world quantity 15 Diego Schwartzman 6-4 6-3 in their World Group I Davis Cup match towards Argentina on Saturday.
The 18-year-old turned the most recent younger gun to trigger an upset following a US Open the place youngsters seized the highlight and 18-year-old Briton Emma Raducanu turned the primary qualifier to win a Grand Slam title.
Ostapenkov fired down three aces and saved seven break factors to defeat Schwartzman on his house turf on the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, though Guido Pella levelled the tie at 1-1 with a convincing win over Erik Arutiunian.
Slovakia accomplished a 3-1 victory over Chile with Norbert Gombos thrashing world quantity 17 Cristian Garin 6-0 6-1 for his second win of the tie in Bratislava. The Slovaks should now wait to see whether or not they're routinely into the February qualifiers to achieve the 2022 Finals.
Norway have been additionally triumphant with Casper Ruud's 6-3 6-1 victory over Sanjar Fayziev handing them a 3-1 lead and maintaining alive their hopes of reaching the 2022 Finals.
The eight highest ranked winners from the World Group I ties will go into the Davis Cup qualifiers subsequent February the place they'll try to qualify for the 2022 Finals.