Zizou Bergs (ATP 163) lost to Emil Rose Mountain (ATP 71) as part of the second Davis Cup play-off meeting between Belgium and Finland. He offered a good resistance once morest a very great hope of Finnish tennis, but finally lost in two sets 6-3, 7-5 in 1h40.
After a good start to the match from the Belgian, the Finn passed the second to win the first heat without too much difficulty. But carried by the few supporters present on the spot, Zizou Bergs resisted well in the second round. Led 3-1, 4-2, 5-3, he managed to save the first two match points and to pick up 5 everywhere by coming out of the points from nowhere. But he did not manage to make doubt for long the very strong Ruusuvuori who did the job to offer the point of equalization to Finland. Earlier in the evening, David Goffin had beaten Otto Virtanen in three sets.
David Goffin will play his second match this Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and Zizou Bergs around 4 p.m., the two matches will be followed on Auvio, live video.
