Nicolas David Ionel brought Romania’s first point against Slovakia (first round of the Davis Cup World Group) with one of the most important victories of his career against Norbert Gombos.
Romania – Slovakia 1-0: Nicolas David Yonel beat Norbert Gombos
Yonel (19, 283 ATP) beat the ATP No. 99 player after three hours and 13 minutes of play, score (4) 6-7, 7-5, 6-4.
The match between Slovakia and Romania takes place in Bratislava.
Slovakia – Romania, schedule of Davis Cup matches
- Friday, September 16
Norbert Gombos (99 ATP) vs Nicolas David Yonel (283 ATP) 7-6(4), 5-7, 4-6
Alex Molkan (45 ATP) vs Marius Kopil (347 ATP) / from 21:50.
- Saturday, from 15:00 (Romanian time):
Lukas Klein/Ihor Zelenay vs Marius Kopil/Victor Vlad Kornia
Norbert Gombos vs. Nicholas David Yonel
Alex Molkan vs. Marius Kopil.
The Romanian team, captained by Gabriel Trifu, also includes Cesar Kretsu (21 years old, 392 ATP) and Gabi Adrian Boitan (23 years old, 613 ATP).
Jozef Kovalik (30 years old, 155 ATP) also plays in the Slovak national team under the leadership of Tibor Toth.
The two teams played to a draw in direct matches, the score 1-1. Romania won in 2002 in Presov in the first round of the World Group with a score of 4-1. In 2015, Slovakia won 3-2 in Constanta in the Europe/Africa Zone Group 1 quarter-finals.
Source: Hot News RO
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