translated from Spanish: Chile will live a duel with history between Davis Cup captains

The captain has the recipe. Nicolás Massú, in charge of the Davis Cup national team, has twice faced Slovakia, Chile’s next rival in the World Group 1 series to be held on September 18 and 19 in Europe.But the sformer and double Olympic medalist knows how to face this Team. Twice they have previously played Chile with Slovakia and the track record says there is a win for each team. Massú was in both series. The first was in 2001 for the repechage of the World Group. Chile was recently punished for the episode with chairs in O’Higgins Park and played in Slovakia, where the Europeans took the win. The rematch for the national team was in 2006 when the “Vampiro” won in singles and doubles with Fernando González, taking the series 4-1 in matches made in the Medialuna de Rancagua.And this duel has a particularity. Both captains, Massú and Slovakia’s Dominik Hrbaty, played the past series. With one win for the Chilean and another for the European. The current team of The Slovaks consists of Andrej Martin (96th according to the ATP rankings) and Norbert Gombos (109th). While in doubles they have a large couple made up of Filip Polasek (8o) and Igor Zelenay (70o). Cristian Garin (18th) has positive accounts against his direct rival. Against Martin, the Chilean has a record of three wins against a defeat. Alejandro Tabilo (173th) reaps a loss to the same player. Tomás Barrios (282o) has the same record: a loss to Slovakia’s number one racket. The most likely option is that it will be played on a fast court in Bratislava.

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