It took five scheduled meetings for Portugal to guarantee their stay in Group I of the Davis Cup World Cup with a 3-2 victory at Monaco. And it was young Henrique Rocha who decided everything, beating doubles specialist Romain Arneodo, by doubles 7-5.
The tie was drawn on Saturday and this Sunday morning the duo Nuno Borges (134th)-Francisco Cabral (59th) advanced Portugal, beating 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 the Monegasque Hugo Nys (25th) and Romain Arneodo (71st). With just 30 minutes to rest between matches, Nuno Borges ended up losing to Monaco's number 1, Valentin Vacherot, 6-4, 1-6, 2-6, and the tie was tied at 2-2. Until Henrique Rocha decides everything. On Saturday, Jaime Faria (109th in the ranking) was the first tennis player from Team Portugal to take action, against Vacherot (201st), and lost in three sets, with the results of 4-6, 7 -6(5) , 2-6, in a match in which rain forced an interruption to activate the cover. Then, the national no. 1, Nuno Borges (37th) successfully opposed Benjamin Balleret (unranked), 6-3, 6-1.
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