Lithuania Davis Cup team
Lithuania | |
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Captain | Rimvydas Mugevičius |
ITF ranking | 38 ![]() |
Highest ITF ranking | 38 (20 September 2021) |
Colors | Green & White |
First year | 1994 |
Years played | 21 |
Ties played (W–L) | 81 (48 – 33) |
Best finish | Europe/Africa Zone Group I first round (2015) |
Most total wins | Rolandas Muraška (56) |
Most singles wins | Rolandas Muraška (37) |
Most doubles wins | Rolandas Muraška (19) |
Best doubles team | Daniel Lencina-Ribes & Gvidas Sabeckis (6) |
Most ties played | Rolandas Muraška (49) |
Most years played | Rolandas Muraška (12) |
The Lithuania men's national tennis team represents Lithuania in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lithuanian Tennis Association.
Lithuania has never been a tennis country – no tennis player from Lithuania entered ATP top 500 until 2008. However, the situation is changing in recent years. Currently young Lithuanian players are winning the greatest tennis victories in the history of Lithuania. As expected, this led to the increasing popularity of tennis in the country. Now, Lithuania has a few very high quality players.
In 2012 Lithuania competed in the third group of Davis Cup, where they won all three ties and got promoted to the second group. It played seven times there. Also, it has competed in the third group for 13 times. And once have been promoted to group one, where Lithuania team is currently playing.
Current team (2015)
[edit]Player information and rankings as of 8 March 2015[update]
Player | Current singles ranking | Current doubles ranking | First year played | Ties played | Total W–L | Singles W–L | Doubles W–L |
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Ričardas Berankis | 76 | 553 | 2007 | 13 | 17–9 | 14–5 | 3–4 |
Laurynas Grigelis | 361 | 132 | 2008 | 9 | 7–9 | 4–7 | 3–2 |
Lukas Mugevičius | 642 | 417 | 2010 | 6 | 3–7 | 2–4 | 1–3 |
Mantas Bugailiškis (young player) | N/A | N/A | 2013 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Other players
[edit]- Julius Tverijonas
- Benas Majauskas
History
[edit]Lithuania started its Davis Cup history in 1994 with competing in the Europe and Africa zone of Group III.
Present
[edit]Lithuania started 2009 Davis Cup with their first ever victory in Group II. In the first round, Lithuania defeated Georgia 3–2[1] in front of a home crowd in a recently built SEB arena. All work was done by the youngest members of the Lithuanian team – 18-year-old Ričardas Berankis won both of his singles matches[2][3] and 16-year-old Dovydas Šakinis defeated the leader of Georgian team Irakli Labadze in the decisive rubber.[4] For the second round match-up, Lithuania went to Otočec to play against Slovenia. However, the Slovenian team with Grega Žemlja and Blaž Kavčič was too strong for Lithuania, which won only one set in five matches, and the tie ended 0–5.[5][6]
In 2010 Lithuania had its better performance. For the first round match-up Lithuania drew the top seeded British team in Lithuania. With James Ward defeating Laurynas Grigelis, Great Britain winning the doubles match and Berankis winning both of his singles matches the tie came to the decisive rubber. Grigelis won a five-setter against Daniel Evans[7] and against all odds Lithuania celebrated a 3–2[8] victory over Great Britain.[9][10] Lithuania's next round was against Irish team led by Conor Niland and James McGee in Dublin. Lithuania celebrated after the second day when Berankis and Grigelis won the first three matches and secured the tie.[11] Ireland won the remaining dead rubbers with Lithuania winning the tie 3–2.[12][13] In the third round Lithuania had a rematch of last year's tie against Slovenia, only this time Slovenian team came to Vilnius. The best two Lithuanian tennis players Berankis and Grigelis represented Lithuania in all five matches but they won only two of them – Berankis defeated Blaž Kavčič in the first rubber and Lithuania came back from two sets to love down in the doubles match. Eventually, Lithuania ended up losing 2–3[14] and Slovenia was promoted to the first group.[15]
Lithuania came into the 2011 Davis Cup with high hopes but the dreams were crashed in the first round tie against Estonia in Tallinn. During the second rubber Grigelis got a knee injury and not only lost the match but also had to skip the remaining tie.[16] Grigelis was replaced by Dovydas Šakinis who was still recovering from pneumonia so couldn't play his best tennis. Although Berankis won both of his singles matches,[17] Lithuania lost the tie 2–3.[18][19] The fourth rubber between Berankis and Jürgen Zopp took 3 hours 46 minutes and it was the longest rubber for both teams in their histories. After the first round loss Lithuania faced a relegation play-off against Morocco in Vilnius, where neither Berankis[20] nor Grigelis[21] helped Lithuania. The Lithuanian team, with only one ranked player and all players being under 19, lost to Morocco 0-5[22][23] which led to the relegation to the third group for the following year.
In 2012, Lithuania was competing in Group III. In the group stage Lithuania defeated Andorra and San Marino without losing a set. For the promotion play-off Lithuania faced the Greek team. In the first rubber Grigelis lost a tough match to Theodoros Angelinos but Berankis restored the parity by defeating Paris Gemouchidis. In the decisive rubber, Lithuanian leaders won a doubles match and the tie ended 2–1. Lithuania got promoted to the Group II for the following year.[24]
In 2013, Lithuania was drawn to play against Cyprus in the first round of the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.
In 2014 Lithuania team defeated South Africa, Norway and Bosnia and Herzegovina and was promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the first time in 2015.
Statistics
[edit]- Total record 45–33 (58%)
Head-to-head record
[edit]Algeria 0–1
Andorra 2–1
Angola 1–0
Armenia 2–1
Azerbaijan 1–0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2
Botswana 2–0
Congo 1–0
Cyprus 3–0
Egypt 0–3
Estonia 1–6
Ethiopia 1–0
Georgia 2–0
Greece 1–0
Ghana 1–1
Great Britain 1–0
Hungary 0–1
Iceland 3–0
Ireland 1–1
Ivory Coast 0–1
Kenya 2–0
Latvia 0–1
Luxembourg 0–1
Macedonia 1–1
Madagascar 2–0
Malta 1–0
Morocco 0–1
Moldova 2–2
Monaco 1–2
Namibia 2–0
Nigeria 1–0
Norway 1–0
Poland 0–1
Portugal 0–1
San Marino 2–0
Senegal 1–0
Slovakia 0–1
Slovenia 0–2
Sudan 1–0
Tunisia 2–0
Turkey 2–2
Yugoslavia 0–1
Group record
[edit]- Europe/Africa zone group II 4–11 (27%)
- Europe/Africa zone group III 41–22 (65%)
Home and away record
[edit]Group II:
- Performance in Lithuania 3–6 (33%)
- Performance away 1–5 (17%)
Group III:
- Performance in Lithuania 2–2 (50%)
- Performance away 39–20 (66%)
Surface record
[edit]- Carpet courts 3–5 (38%)
- Clay courts 30–23 (57%)
- Grass courts 0–0 (-%)
- Hard courts 12–5 (71%)
Matches record
[edit]- Singles 108–78 (58%)
- Doubles 70–80 (47%)
- Total 178–158 (53%)
Statistics correct as of the end of the season in 2013.
All players
[edit]Player | Highest singles ranking | Highest doubles ranking | First year played | Years played | Ties played | Total W–L | Singles W–L | Doubles W–L |
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Aivaras Balžekas | 926 | 939 | 1999 | 5 | 19 | 10–13 | 9–12 | 1–1 |
Ričardas Berankis | 67 | 285 | 2007 | 6 | 13 | 17–9 | 14–5 | 3–4 |
Mantas Bugailiškis | N/A | N/A | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Eugenijus Cariovas | N/A | N/A | 2006 | 2 | 8 | 8–5 | 2–3 | 6–2 |
Mindaugas Čeledinas | N/A | N/A | 2006 | 2 | 3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Artūras Gotovskis | N/A | N/A | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
Julius Gotovskis | N/A | N/A | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Laurynas Grigelis | 183 | 132 | 2008 | 4 | 9 | 7–9 | 4–7 | 3–2 |
Denis Ivancovas | N/A | N/A | 1994 | 3 | 8 | 7–4 | 2–2 | 5–2 |
Paulius Jurkėnas | N/A | 1,434 | 2000 | 2 | 5 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
Aurimas Karpavičius | N/A | N/A | 2003 | 1 | 2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Daniel Lencina-Ribes | 591 | 671 | 2005 | 5 | 20 | 19–9 | 11–4 | 8–5 |
Gitanas Mažonas | N/A | N/A | 1994 | 4 | 13 | 10–7 | 7–4 | 3–3 |
Lukas Mugevičius | N/A | 1,513 | 2010 | 4 | 6 | 3–7 | 2–4 | 1–3 |
Rolandas Muraška | 575 | 1,100 | 1994 | 12 | 49 | 56–32 | 37–12 | 19–20 |
Tomas Petrauskas | N/A | N/A | 1998 | 1 | 2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Vadim Pinko | N/A | N/A | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Denis Riabuchin | N/A | N/A | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Arūnas Rozga | N/A | N/A | 1999 | 2 | 8 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 4–4 |
Gvidas Sabeckis | 488 | 548 | 2002 | 8 | 31 | 23–21 | 11–7 | 12–14 |
Dovydas Šakinis | 808 | 1,214 | 2009 | 5 | 10 | 4–8 | 3–5 | 1–3 |
Aistis Šlajus | 1,346 | 1,434 | 1998 | 3 | 11 | 6–10 | 4–7 | 2–3 |
Julius Tverijonas | 1,418 | N/A | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Giedrius Vėželis | N/A | N/A | 1994 | 1 | 3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Kasparas Žemaitėlis | N/A | N/A | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Data correct as of May 13, 2013.
Results
[edit]1994–1999
[edit]Year | Group | Team | Round | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score | Outcome |
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1994 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Denis Ivancovas, Gitanas Mažonas, Rolandas Muraška, Giedrius Vėželis, Team capitan: Remigijus Balžekas |
RR | 18 May | Bratislava, Slovakia | Clay | ![]() |
3–0 | Won |
RR | 19 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
RR | 20 May | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
1R | 21 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
F | 22 May | ![]() |
0–3 | Lost | |||||
1995 | Europe/Africa Zone Group II |
Denis Ivancovas, Gitanas Mažonas, Rolandas Muraška, Team capitan: Remigijus Balžekas |
1R | 28–30 April | Šiauliai, Lithuania | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
1–4 | Lost |
PO | 14–16 July | Vilnius, Lithuania | Clay | ![]() |
1–4 | Lost | |||
1996 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Eugenius Cariovas, Denis Ivancovas, Gitanas Mažonas, Rolandas Muraška, Team capitan: Remigijus Balžekas |
RR | 21 May | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
3–0 | Won |
RR | 22 May | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
RR | 23 May | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
RR | 24 May | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
RR | 25 May | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
RR | 26 May | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
1997 | Europe/Africa Zone Group II |
Eugenijus Cariovas, Rolandas Muraška, Team capitan: Gracijus Remeikis |
1R | 2–4 May | Vilnius, Lithuania | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
2–3 | Lost |
PO | 11–14 July | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
2–3 | Lost | |||
1998 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Rolandas Muraška, Tomas Petrauskas, Aistis Šlajus, Team capitan: Gracijus Remeikis |
RR | 20 May | Skopje, Macedonia | Clay | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost |
RR | 21 May | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
RR | 22 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
1R | 23 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Lost | |||||
F | 24 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
1999 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Aivaras Balžekas, Rolandas Muraška, Arūnas Rozga, Aistis Šlajus, Team capitan: Gracijus Remeikis |
RR | 9 June | Tallinn, Estonia | Clay | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost |
RR | 10 June | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
RR | 11 June | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
1R | 12 June | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
F | 13 June | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost |
2000–2009
[edit]Year | Group | Team | Round | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Europe/Africa Zone Group II |
Aivaras Balžekas, Rolandas Muraška, Paulius Jurkėnas |
1R | 28–30 April | Šiauliai, Lithuania | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
2–3 | Lost |
PO | 21–23 July | İzmir, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
1–4 | Lost | |||
2001 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Rolandas Muraška, Arūnas Rozga, Aistis Šlajus, Playing capitan: Gitanas Mažonas |
RR | 16 May | Gaborone, Botswana | Hard | ![]() |
3–0 | Won |
RR | 17 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
RR | 18 May | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost | |||||
1R | 19 May | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost | |||||
F | 20 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
2002 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Aivaras Balžekas, Rolandas Muraška, Gvidas Sabeckis, Playing capitan: Gitanas Mažonas |
RR | 3 April | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost |
RR | 4 April | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
RR | 5 April | ![]() |
0–3 | Lost | |||||
PO | 6 April | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
PO | 7 April | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
2003 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Aivaras Balžekas, Aurimas Karpavičius, Rolandas Muraška, Gvidas Sabeckis, Team capitan: Gitanas Mažonas |
RR | 3 February | Sidi Fredj, Algeria | Clay | ![]() |
3–0 | Won |
RR | 4 February | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
RR | 5 February | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost | |||||
PO | 6 February | ![]() |
0–3 | Lost | |||||
PO | 7 February | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost | |||||
2004 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Aivaras Balžekas, Paulius Jurkėnas, Rolandas Muraška, Gvidas Sabeckis, Team capitan: Rimvydas Mugevičius |
RR | 4 February | Kaunas, Lithuania | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
2–1 | Won |
RR | 6 February | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost | |||||
PO | 7 February | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
PO | 8 February | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost | |||||
2005 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Artūras Gotovskis, Daniel Lencina-Ribes, Rolandas Muraška, Gvidas Sabeckis, Team capitan: Rimvydas Mugevičius |
RR | 27 April | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
2–1 | Won |
RR | 28 April | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
RR | 29 April | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost | |||||
PO | 30 April | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
PO | 1 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
2006 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Mindaugas Čeledinas, Daniel Lencina-Ribes, Denis Riabuchin, Gvidas Sabeckis, Team capitan: Rimvydas Mugevičius |
RR | 19 July | Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay | ![]() |
3–0 | Won |
RR | 20 July | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost | |||||
RR | 21 July | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
PO | 22 July | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
PO | 23 July | ![]() |
0–3 | Lost | |||||
2007 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Ričardas Berankis, Daniel Lencina-Ribes, Simas Kučas, Gvidas Sabeckis, Team capitan: Rimvydas Mugevičius |
RR | 9 May | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost |
RR | 10 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
RR | 11 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
PO | 12 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
PO | 13 May | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost | |||||
2008 | Europe/Africa Zone Group III |
Mindaugas Čeledinas, Laurynas Grigelis, Gvidas Sabeckis, Playing capitan: Daniel Lencina-Ribes |
RR | 7 May | Yerevan, Armenia | Clay | ![]() |
1–2 | Lost |
RR | 8 May | ![]() |
3–0 | Won | |||||
RR | 9 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
PO | 10 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
PO | 11 May | ![]() |
0–3 | Lost | |||||
2009 | Europe/Africa Zone Group II |
Ričardas Berankis, Vadim Pinko, Gvidas Sabeckis, Dovydas Šakinis, Team capitans: Daniel Lencina-Ribes, Remigijus Balžekas |
1R | 6–8 March | Vilnius, Lithuania | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–2 | Won |
Q | 10–12 July | Otočec, Slovenia | Clay | ![]() |
0–5 | Lost |
2010–
[edit]Year | Group | Team | Round | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Europe/Africa Zone Group II |
Ričardas Berankis, Laurynas Grigelis, Lukas Mugevičius, Dovydas Šakinis, Team capitan: Remigijus Balžekas |
1R | 5–7 March | Vilnius, Lithuania | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–2 | Won |
2R | 9–11 July | Dublin, Ireland | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
3–2 | Won | |||
Q | 17–19 September | Vilnius, Lithuania | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–2 | Lost | |||
2011 | Europe/Africa Zone Group II |
Ričardas Berankis, Julius Gotovskis, Laurynas Grigelis, Lukas Mugevičius, Dovydas Šakinis, Julius Tverijonas, Team capitans: Remigijus Balžekas, Rimvydas Mugevičius |
1R | 4–6 March | Tallinn, Estonia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
2–3 | Lost |
PO | 8–10 July | Vilnius, Lithuania | Clay | ![]() |
0–5 | Lost | |||
2012 | Europe Zone Group III |
Ričardas Berankis, Laurynas Grigelis, Lukas Mugevičius, Dovydas Šakinis, Team capitan: Rimvydas Mugevičius |
RR | 3 May | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() |
3–0 | Won |
RR | 4 May | ![]() |
2–0 | Won | |||||
PO | 5 May | ![]() |
2–1 | Won | |||||
2013 | Europe/Africa Zone Group II |
Ričardas Berankis, Mantas Bugailiškis, Lukas Mugevičius, Dovydas Šakinis, Kasparas Žemaitėlis, Team capitan: Remigijus Balžekas, Rimvydas Mugevičius |
1R | 1–3 February | Šiauliai, Lithuania | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–1 | Won |
2R | 5–7 April | Lisbon, Portugal | Clay | ![]() |
0–5 | Lost | |||
2014 | Europe/Africa Zone Group II |
1R | 31 January–2 February | Oslo, Norway | Hard (i) | ![]() |
5–0 | Won | |
2R | 4–6 April | Centurion, South Africa | Hard | ![]() |
3–2 | Won | |||
3R | 12–14 September | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–2 | Won | |||
2015 | Europe/Africa Zone Group I |
1R | 6–8 March | Płock, Poland | Hard (i) | ![]() |
2–3 | Lost | |
1R play-offs | 17–19 July | Vilnius, Lithuania | Hard (i) | ![]() |
1–4 | Lost | |||
2R play-offs | 30 October–1 November | Kranj, Slovenia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
0–5 | Lost | |||
2016 | Europe/Africa Zone Group II |
1R | 4–6 March | Šiauliai, Lithuania | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–2 | Won | |
2R | 15–17 July | Kaunas, Lithuania | Clay | ![]() |
3–2 | Won | |||
3R | 16–18 September | Vilnius, Lithuania | Hard (i) | ![]() |
0–5 | Lost | |||
2017 | Europe/Africa Zone Group II |
1R | 3–5 February | Šiauliai, Lithuania | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–2 | Won | |
2R | 7–9 April | TBD, Georgia | Clay | ![]() |
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lithuania vs. Georgia daviscup.com
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Lithuania vs. Georgia 1-1 Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine 15min.lt
- ^ (in Lithuanian) R.Berankis evened the score Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine 15min.lt
- ^ (in Lithuanian) D.Šakinis won the decisive match 15min.lt
- ^ Slovenia vs. Lithuania daviscup.com
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Lithuanian tennis team did not match Slovenia 15min.lt
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Lithuanian hero L.Grigelis: It was the best match in my career 15min.lt
- ^ Lithuania vs. Great Britain daviscup.com
- ^ Great Britain suffer humiliating Davis Cup defeat bbc.co.uk
- ^ Davis Cup: Great Britain suffers new tennis low with defeat in Lithuania telegraph.co.uk
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Doubles team of Berankis and Grigelis secured the tie for Lithuania 15min.lt
- ^ Ireland vs. Lithuania daviscup.com
- ^ Davis Cup: Lithuania overcome Irish team tennisireland.ie
- ^ Lithuania vs. Slovenia daviscup.com
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Davis Cup: Kavčič achieved the victory against Grigelis and Lithuania deuce.lt
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Laurynas Grigelis got injured during the Davis Cup match in Estonia deuce.lt
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Davis Cup in Estonia: Ričardas Berankis defeated Jurgen Zopp and saved the tie 15min.lt
- ^ Estonia vs. Lithuania daviscup.com
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Dovydas Šakinis lost to Jaak Poldma, therefore Lithuania lost to Estonia 15min.l
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Ričardas Berankis won't play tennis for one more month and will skip Davis Cup 15min.lt
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Laurynas Grigelis chose his personal career over representing Lithuania in Davis Cup 15min.lt
- ^ Lithuania vs. Morocco daviscup.com
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Lithuania lost Davis Cup survival tie to Morocco 0:5 15min.lt
- ^ Europe Zone Group III daviscup.com