The Ukrainian national team on tennis prematurely lost to Japan in the match of the playoffs of the World group of the Davis Cup.
On the eve of Sergei Stakhovsky in three sets lost to Daniel Taro, and Ilya Marchenko lost, Yoshihito Nishikoi. Following the failure automatically meant the defeat of Ukraine in the match with Japan. Unfortunately, the wait wasn’t long.
The captain of the national team of Ukraine Mikhail Filima before steamy meeting made a substitution with Sergey Stahovskiy out on the court, not Ex Dmitry and Artem Smirnov. The Japanese composition remained unchanged during the third meeting there was kei nishikori and Yuichi Sugita.
Full fight on the court, not out – hosts in just half an hour broke that the Ukrainian couple. Stakhovsky and Smirnov nine times lost his serve and made two breaks.
The national team of Ukraine for the fourth time lost in the playoffs of the World group of the Davis Cup. Next year the “blue-yellow” will be a new attempt. As always, your way to the World group the national team of Ukraine will start in the first group of Euro-African zone.
Kei Nishikori/ Yuichi Sugita (Japan) — Artem Smirnov/ Sergey Stakhovsky (Ukraine) — 6:3, 6:0, 6:3
