The victory of Sergiy Stakhovsky has allowed it to overcome the Austrian barrier.
An early victory for the hosts would bring the leader of the team Ilya Marchenko, a rival which, after replacement of Austria was the eminent jürgen Melzer, a few years ago were in the top 10 of the ATP ranking.
Tennis players spent on the court a maximum of five parties – the struggle Marchenko and Meltzer each other and the difficult weather conditions lasted for over four hours. The Ukrainian was leading on sets 2:1, but lost their advantage, allowing the experienced Austrian to not only equalise, but to retain a single game
Ilya Marchenko (Ukraine) – Jurgen Melzer (Austria) – 6:3, 3:6, 6:3, 5:7, 3:6
The fate of trips to the playoffs of the World group was decided in the match Stakhovsky – Novak – Sergei did not disappoint, although in this match, the fifth set was very close.
With the score 2:0 in favor of the Ukrainian players because of rain had to leave the court. Pause better have used Novak who managed to win the match-point and extend the match. In the fourth set, the Austrian was leading 5:3, but managed to lose four games in a row.
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) – Dennis Novak (Austria) – 6:3, 6:3, 6:7, 7:5
In addition to Ukraine in the playoffs of the World group of the Davis Cup from the first group of Euro-African zone broke Spain, Russia, and Slovakia.
