Davis Cup, Cyprus vs Morocco, Feb 10-12

[getta]

DAVIS CUP
Group II, Europe/Africa 2012
1st Round


Venue: Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre, Limassol
Dates: 10 Feb - 12 Feb 2012
Start times
Day 1: 1500 hrs (1300 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1400 hrs (1200 hrs GMT)
Day 3: 1200 hrs (1000 hrs GMT)
Surface: Hard (DecoColor), Indoor
Ball Type: Babolat VS


Cyprus
Marcos BAGHDATIS
Rares CUZDRIOREAN
Sergis KYRATZIS
Christos HADJIGEORGIOU
Team Captain
Yiannos HADJIGEORGIOU

Morocco
Mehdi ZIADI
Anas FATTAR
Yassine IDMBAREK
Younes RACHIDI
Team Captain
Mounir EL AAREJ

[Michael]

Marocco's number one (Mehdi ZIADI) did not follow his team to Cyprus. He was replaced due to injury.

[getta]

from Marcos' official site:

baghdatis.com/articles/view/davis-cup-draw-1

Davis Cup Draw

Thursday, 09 February, 2012

During a solemn ceremony, which was held in Limassol Town Hall for the first time, the draw of the matches for Davis Cup was successfully completed, in the presence of the honorable Mayor of Limassol Mr. Andreas Christou, the President of the Cyprus Tennis Federation Referee of the tie, the two National Groups and representatives of the media.

The draw includes the following games:

Friday 10/2/12, 3:00 pm:

Marcos Baghdatis vs Rachidi Younes
Sergis Kiratzi vs Idmbarek Yassine

Saturday 11/2/12, 2:00 pm:

Baghdatis & Koustriorean vs Fattar Anas & Idmbarek Yassine

Sunday 12/2/12, 12:00 PM:

Marcos Baghdatis vs Idmbarek Yassine
Sergis Kiratzi vs Rachidi Younes

In brief statements, the Captain of the Team, Yiannos Hadjigeorgiou, repeated, inter alia, that: "for our country, the goal of victory is a must. We do not know anything special about the opposing team, but as I said yesterday, these games always hide many difficulties this is why we would confront every match with a relevant severity. There is always the possibility that the decisive criterion to be the doubles match on Saturday, always of course, on tomorrow's outcome. We will fight for two wins in the singles tomorrow, but I also think we have a very strong team in the doubles, which can make the difference. I hope that all tennis fans, will be close to our team during the weekend in order to help us get the desired qualification".


Photographer: Savvides Sports Photographers

[getta]

today's results:

Marcos beat Rachidi 6-0 6-3 6-0
Kyratzis lost to Idmbarek 5-7 6-4 6-3 0-6 4-6

Cyprus 1 : 1 Morocco

[getta]

today's result:

Marcos and Cuzdriorean beat Fattar and Rachidi 6-3 6-0 6-2

Cyprus 2 : 1 Morocco

[Michael]

Markos won 2nd singles 6-4 6-0 6-1 .... no comment
Cyprus won the series 3-2
next up Ukraine (away) ... very difficult to challenge them