The United States has started its participation in Davis Cup qualifiers by defeating Uzbekistan 2-0 with Tommy Paul and Mackenzie McDonald as the main characters.
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At the Tashkent Olympic Tennis School, Uzbekistan and the United States met to play on hard indoor courts. The North Americans didn’t have their own luxury team by any means, but enough against one of the weakest teams we have this year in these qualifiers to qualify for the Davis Cup finals, which will be played during September.
McDonald made his debut with a win
First, Mackenzie McDonald As the runner-up on the US team, he beat the local runner-up Sergei Fomin 6-4, 6-1 season. The morale of the Americans was taken so that a minute later the quarterfinalist of the Australian Open made it through last week, Tommy Paul. He needed 73 minutes to beat the world No. 480 Khumoyun Sultanov 6-1, 7-6(6).
Paul has to fight
It was the first set where the American was far superior when he had strength on serve. The Uzbek gave him many chances and he took advantage of two balls. In the second, Sultanov had reason to dream at different times against Tommy, who lost concentration and the dynamics of the game. He got two breaks from strikes with a tennis player playing at home, the situation 4-0 and a serve. Nevertheless, Paul’s reaction came, making it 4-4. From then on, they put a lock on their turns and headed for a draw. Sultanov had another chance to continue the appointment two set points, but the American saved it and the first match point sealed it.
Paul and McDonald were the stars on the first day of the Davis Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan. The next point is a double and Rajeev Ram with Austin Krajicek They are looking to officially close the streak. The Uzbeks have been led by tennis player Denis Istominina in the team in recent years, but he is not in good form. Let’s see if they double him to find some kind of option or if they don’t trust Fomin and Fayziev
