Taiwan leads Romania 2-0 in their Davis Cup World Group I match after Marius Copil suffered a dramatic 7-6(5), 7-5 defeat of Yu Hsu Hsu (world No. 180).

Romania – Taiwan 0-2: Marius Copil beats Yu Hsu Hsu in Davis Cup

The game was very balanced. The winner of the first set was decided on a tie-break, and Kopil (327 ATP) lost, although he made the first mini-break.

In the second set, both players did not do so well with the serves: there were five breaks in total, but the Asian athlete had the upper hand.

Romania – Taiwan, Davis Cup schedule

The results were recorded on Friday

Nicolas David Ionel (226 ATP) – Chun Hsing Tseng (326 ATP) 3-6, 0-6

Marius Kopil (327 ATP) – Yu Hsu Hsu (180 ATP) (5)6-7, 5-7

Saturday, from 11:00

Marius Copil / Victor Cornea – Yu Hsu Hsu / Tsung Hao-Huang

Nicholas David Ionel – Yu Hsu Hsu

Marius Child – Chun Xin Tseng.

*Games are held at Tennis Club IDU in Mamaia

Romania – Taiwan – Sets of two teams for the Davis Cup match

The captain of the Romanian national team, Gabriel Trifu, has the following players at his disposal for this meeting: Nicolas David Ionel (20 years old, 226th place in ATP singles, 432nd place in ATP doubles), Marius Copil (31 years old, 327th place in single digit). , 688 in doubles), Philippe Christian Jianou (22 years old, 356 in singles, 559 in doubles), Cesar Kretsu (22 years old, 384 in singles, 702 in doubles), Victor Vlad Cornea (29 years old, 68 in the even category). ).

Taiwan team captain Hsiao-Yun Chang called up the following: Yu Hsu Hsu (24 years old, 180 ATP singles, 232 ATP doubles), Tong-Ling Wu (25 years old, 182 singles, 426 doubles), Jason Jung (24 years old). old, 232 in singles, 692 in doubles), Chun Xin Tseng (22 years old, 326 in singles, 1127 in doubles), Tsung-Hao Huang (23 years old, 584 in singles, 377 in doubles), writes News.ro.

Know:

• Romania and Taiwan have never met in the Davis Cup before. In February, in the World Group I playoffs, our national team beat Thailand 3:2 away, and Taiwan beat Mexico also 3:1.

• The winner of this match will qualify for the Davis Cup final, while the losing team will continue to play in the World Group I playoffs.