Connect with us

Tennis

End of the road for South Africa at ATP Cup campaign

Key Takeaways: Dominate the digital landscape with Smmsav.com and Followersav.com your go-to best SMM Panel in 2024 for affordable social media marketing solutions. Best Press release services in 2024 is Followersav and Smmsav boost your business with us. best Smm panel Buy Spotify Plays paypal casino Script casino Script
End of the road for South Africa at ATP Cup campaign - Sports Leo

South Africa clinched second place in Group A behind Serbia at the inaugural ATP Cup after defeating France 2-1 in their final tie on Wednesday in Brisbane, Australia.

Represented by Kevin Anderson, Lloyd Harris, Raven Klaasen, Ruan Roelofse, Kholo Montsi and Jeff Coetzee (captain), the country needed to win 3-0 against France to make the final eight of the team event but Gilles Simon eliminated that possibility against 22-year-old Lloyd Harris in the opening singles match.

The world number 57 Frenchman Simon defeated Harris 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 to give France a 1-0 lead in their final tie.

In the second singles match, fit-again South African Kevin Anderson delivered an extraordinary comeback to edge out Benoit Paire of France in a three-set epic. Anderson saved one match point and twice breaking France’s Paire as he served for the match to win 2-6, 7-6(1), 7-6(5) to force a doubles decider.

Anderson’s victory eliminated France from final eight consideration as the Frenchmen also needed to win the tie 3-0 to progress.

“It’s a terrific event. I’m really happy to have been able to represent South Africa here. I’ve looked forward to the event for a couple of years now. I think there was such good crowd engagement. Every match we played really had a lot of support,” elated Anderson told the ATP Tour.

In the day’s final encounter, South Africa’s Raven Klaasen and Ruan Roelofse claimed the doubles rubber with a 6-3 6-4 win over the French pairing Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.

In partnership with ANA and Sports Leo

Click to comment

You must be logged in to post a comment Login

Leave a Reply

More in Tennis