Juan Lugo and Emilio Gómez will open the series of Davis Cup Group I of the American Zone between Venezuela and Ecuador, to be held between today and tomorrow on the main cement court of the Doral Park Country Club of Miami, in the USA. UU.
The Venezuelan Lugo, 20, and the Ecuadorian Gomez, 27 (164 ranking ATP), will play today from 11:00 (Ecuador time); then the tricolor Roberto Quiroz, 27 (249 ATP), will face Luis David Martínez, 30, (143 ATP doubles).
Tomorrow, from 10:00, Gonzalo Escobar, 30 years old (355 ATP), and Diego Hidalgo, 26 years old (413 ATP) will play in doubles, with Luis Martínez and Roberto Maytin, 30 years old.
They will follow the singles between Martínez and Gómez and will close Lugo against Quiroz.
Cayetano March, 19, will wait for a possible debut in case Ecuador already defines the series in his favor and if the team captain, Raul Viver, considers it convenient.
“I am happy to be one more week with the whole team, that is what I enjoy most. I have to open the series but I am used to it, I have a lot of experience and I will try to turn that experience on the field against a player I don't know, but always attentive to what it can do, ”said Emilio Gómez.
Doubles, key point
The doubles training has been intense for Ecuador. Gómez and Quiroz were trained and the Dutch Jean-Julien Roger, number 19 doubles in the ATP, was sparring.
Viver made a practice in which the Dutch doubled with March and faced Escobar and Hidalgo. It is considered that it was a pleasant experience for the Ecuadorian team, which seeks to pass the playoffs that allow him to access the finals of the Davis Cup 2020. (D)
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World Group
Ecuador was part of the World Group in the 2010 season and played its last playoff promotion to the top category in the 2013 competition.
Out of Venezuela
Due to the current political situation in Venezuela, the series with Ecuador "will be played on neutral ground following the request of the host nation," the ITF said.
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