“I really enjoy playing with Davis.” – kudupinter World News Network

Horacio Zeballos, Francisco Comesaña. Francisco Cerendolo, Javier Frana, Tomás Etcheverry and Andres Molteni, Argentine Team / AAT

The Argentine Davis Cup team continues its training in the Italian city of Bologna, where it will perform on Thursday in the quarter-finals of the aforementioned competition against Germany.

Tomás Etcheverry is part of the national team, called Los Halcones, which is captained by Javier Vrana: while his teammates are the singles players Francisco Cerndolo and Francisco Comesaña and the doubles players Horacio Zeballos and Andres Molteni.

The tennis player from La Plata has shown excellent form every time he has been called up to represent Argentina, although his performances on the circuit have had their ups and downs. It can be said that Echeverri is a player with a ‘carrying the cup’ spirit.

“I hope there will be many Argentine fans here in Italy, we always have a lot of support wherever we go. At the beginning of the season, in Norway, we had a large number of fans and I hope there are even more now. It is very special how the Argentines support us, it is special for us,” Echeverry admitted at the press conference held by the Argentine team in Bologna.

In another part of Thomas Echeverry’s story, he added: “The competition that I enjoy the most in my career is the Davis Cup. Doing it for the country is a completely different experience and playing as a team. Every day with the rest of my teammates is a lot of fun. Sometimes they go by very quickly and the fact of being in the second finals in a row is something very nice and motivating at the same time. It is a goal that we clearly had, and we will try to achieve it. Being here.” “It is a great honor for me that we can achieve the best possible result,” summed up the 26-year-old from La Plata.

Echeverri is ranked 61st in the ATP World Rankings, after starting this season in 39th place, but the ill-fated experience of the eight with “Bulga” Horacio de la Peña as a coach, and his failure to find the appropriate “chemistry”, made him fall down the list, returning to his old coach, Walter Grinovero.

The eighth round matches of the 2025 Davis Cup begin today, with France and Belgium taking place

Regarding the Davis Cup, Echeverry has a positive record with five wins and two losses. This year, the La Plata player won both singles matches. In the match against Norway, he equalized the series after defeating Magnano Navone by defeating Nikolai Budkov Kjaer 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (5), then he took responsibility for giving him the first point against the Netherlands by defeating Jasper de Jong 6-4, 6-4. Both matches were played as visitors and on a fast surface.

In the last eight in Bologna, Thomas Echeverry will face the challenge of facing Germany’s second seed, which if there are no surprises will be Jan-Lennard Struff (84th in the world) or, failing that, Jannik Hanfmann (104th), as Alexander Zverev (3rd) will return to play for his country in the Davis Cup after almost three years.

Zverev, who will face Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina’s number one racket), strongly criticized the current format of the tournament, which brings together the eight best teams in the world.

“I’m going to play it because my teammates and my German teammates asked me to, because they all feel they’re getting old. They don’t have many chances anymore against Struve and my doubles players. I’m going for that reason only. For me, this has nothing to do with the real Davis Cup,” Zverer said in a critical tone.

Back at Etcheverry, he faced Jan-Lennard Struff (35) on only one occasion. The victory went to the German, because he won the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Gstaad 2024 with a score of 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.

In their only confrontation, in the professional ring, between Echeverry and Yannick Hanfmann (34 years old), the man from La Plata won, after winning the semi-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Houston 2023 with a score of 6-3 and 6-4.