Czechs Bounce Past US to Reach Davis Cup Final 8
Jakub Mensik and Jiri Lehecka won the deciding singles after the United States took the doubles, sending the Czechs to Bologna.
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The Czech tennis player, number 24 of the ATP, defeated by 6-3 and 7-5 Learner Tien, owner of the 13th step of the world ranking, before the jubilation of Czech fans. After finishing the day on Friday, the American team won the doubles and was only one point away from obtaining the ticket for the finals. But at the fourth point of the qualifier Ben Shelton, the American number one and recent finalist of the US Open, lost to Jakub Mensik in three…
The Czech Republic beat the United States on Saturday to reach the Davis Cup Final 8 after US Open finalist Ben Shelton and Learner Tien lost their individual matches on Saturday.
The Czech tennis players won the second round of Davis Cup qualifications over the USA team 3:2 on aggregate and advanced to the final tournament for the eight best teams after a year. The decisive point for captain Tomáš Berdych's team was won by Jiří Leheček, who defeated Learner Tien 6:3, 7:5 on the concrete surface of the O2 Arena in Prague.
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Czech Republic are into the final eight of this year's Davis Cup as Ben Shelton and Learner Tien both lost their singles matches on Saturday at this year's tournament in the qualifiers for the Finals later on this year. Jakub Mensik beat Ben Shelton 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to level the best of five at 2-2 bef...
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