{"id":18265,"date":"2024-02-03T22:15:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T03:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/brazil-beats-sweden-to-make-davis-cup-finals-group-stage\/03\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-03T22:15:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T03:15:25","slug":"brazil-beats-sweden-to-make-davis-cup-finals-group-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/brazil-beats-sweden-to-make-davis-cup-finals-group-stage\/03\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil beats Sweden to make Davis Cup finals group stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>HELSINGBORG, Sweden &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Thiago Monteiro<\/a> led Brazil its first spot in the Davis Cup finals group stage in September, beating Sweden&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Elias Ymer<\/a> 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday for a 3-1 team victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just happy to help the team,&#8221; Monteiro said. &#8220;Everyone had put a lot of effort in to make this work. It is the job of the whole team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in doubles on the hard court at Helsingborg Arena, Brazil&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Felipe Meligeni Alves<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rafael Matos<\/a> topped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Filip Bergevi<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Andre Goransson<\/a> 6-2, 7-5. In the opening singles matches Friday, Monteiro beat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=10946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Karl Friberg<\/a>, and Ymer edged <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=10064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gustavo Heide<\/a> for Sweden&#8217;s lone point.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil won its third straight match after topping China and Denmark last year in World Group I.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39446514\/us-tops-ukraine-make-davis-cup-finals-group-stage\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>On Friday, the United States wrapped up a group-stage spot with a sweep over Ukraine in matches played in Lithuania because of the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The 12 winners this week will join reigning champion Italy, 2023 runner-up Australia, and wild-card entries Britain and Spain in the finals group stage in September. Then eight teams will make it to the quarterfinals in Malaga, Spain, in November, when a champion will be determined.<\/p>\n<p>In other matches that ended Saturday, the Netherlands beat visiting Switzerland 3-2; Germany won 3-2 at Hungary; Slovakia topped host Serbia 3-0 to reach the finals for the first time; Canada beat visiting South Korea 3-1; and host Finland swept Portugal 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>On a hard court in Groningen, Botic van de Zandschulp beat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Marc-Andrea Huesler<\/a> 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3 to lift the Netherlands past Switzerland. Earlier, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tallon Griekspoor<\/a> tied it for the Netherlands, beating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=8243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Leandro Riedi<\/a> 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3), after Riedi and Huesler beat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wesley Koolhof<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jean-Julien Rojer<\/a> 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) in doubles.<\/p>\n<p>In Kraljevo on clay, Serbia &#8212; playing without No. 1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> &#8212; fell when Lucas Klein and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Igor Zelenay<\/a> beat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nikola Cacic<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Miomir Kecmanovic<\/a> 7-6 (4), 6-3. Klein and Zelenay won singles matches Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In Montreal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gabriel Diallo<\/a> beat Seongchan Hong 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 to send Canada to the next round. Earlier, Jisung Nam and Minkyu Song kept South Korea alive, topping <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vasek Pospisil<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alexis Galarneau<\/a> 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 in doubles.<\/p>\n<p>In Tatabanya, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jan-Lennard Struff<\/a> beat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mate Valkusz<\/a> 6-3, 6-2 to give Germany the deciding point. In Turku, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Emil Ruusuvuori<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Harri Heliovaara<\/a> sent Finland to the next stage, topping <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=4115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nuno Borges<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Francisco Cabral<\/a> 6-4, 7-6 (6).<\/p>\n<p>In matches that started Saturday and will end Sunday, the host Czech Rebublic led Israel 2-0; Belgium was tied 1-1 at Croatia; France led 2-0 at Taiwan; Kazakhstan was tied 1-1 at Argentina; Peru was tied 1-1 at Chile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39454076\/brazil-beats-sweden-make-davis-cup-finals-group-stage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HELSINGBORG, Sweden &mdash; Thiago Monteiro led Brazil its first spot in the Davis Cup finals group stage in September, beating Sweden&rsquo;s Elias<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/brazil-beats-sweden-to-make-davis-cup-finals-group-stage\/03\/02\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[107,2688,45,44,46,467,2645,1736],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18267,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18265\/revisions\/18267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}