The Serbian national team, led by Viktor Troicki, beat Canada 2:1 and is now waiting for a miracle to pass.
-” It started well, Laslo Djere was great against Diallo. We hoped that Kecmanovic could triumph against Auger, we also believed that Felix was tired because he finished the double last night around one in the afternoon, but today he played phenomenally. It was really hard to get him, he was great on the forehand, he served phenomenally, and he was aggressive from start to finish. Misa had a half-chance in the third set, but Felix played brilliantly. He also beat the number one player in the world, Carlos Alcaraz, so congratulations to him, he was really great in the last 24 hours.” – began Viktor and continued:
Troicki admits that he did not expect Spain’s defeat to Canada.
-” That was really a shock. Spain led with 5:3, they served for the match and in the end the Canadians reversed to 5:7 and won the double. We knew today that we needed 3:0, but… We are rooting for Korea, although the chances are very small.”
Viktor points out that the match against Auger Aliassime was too strong for Kecmanovic.
-” We knew that Pospisilwas injured and that it would be difficult to withstand the double. We were looking to be as good as possible in the singles and we were aware that if we reached the doubles, we would have a chance there precisely because Pospisil was injured and his knee was problematic. But… If we don’t go through, and I say again, the chances are very small, this will be a big loss because we will probably be the only team with two wins that didn’t go on.” – Troicki added
-” It looks like it’s coming back to us for last year, when we got from Innsbruck to Madrid, when the Russian doubles team won, and we went to the semi-finals at the last second. I have to say that despite everything, I am very proud of all the boys, they did their best,” adds Troicki.
-” That’s why I say I’m proud. We had a lot of bad luck, I couldn’t always count on everything. That happened last year, and it happened now. It is, as it is. We will cheer for Korea tomorrow, but it will really be a miracle if they win,” says Troicki.
-” Now it’s easy to be commanders. I know that the chance was missed in that match against Ramos, but… What’s here is what happened now, we have to move on.”
-“And it looks like this: if we don’t get a wild card, we will have to play the group stage qualifiers, which are on the program in January.”
-” We didn’t play in those qualifiers for several years, we got a wild card, and then we got into the place of Russia, which was disqualified… In case we happen to play in January, I have to say that the date is pretty bad, it’s played right after the Australian opened. We will see if we will play at home or away… However, we have to recover from this failure as soon as possible, because if we do not pass the group, this is definitely a failure, despite all the bad luck that befell us. We will see what will happen,” Viktor Troicki concluded.
