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Group I and Group II played knockout tournaments. Group III and IV played round-robin tournaments with promotion and relegation. The final took place from 1st to 3rd December at Moscow, Russia. Poland at the 2006 Davis Cup was placed in Group II of Europe/Africa Zone. Poland’s team included following players:
- Marcin Matkowski
- Mariusz Fyrstenberg
- Lukasz Kubot
- Michal Przysiezny
Countries at the 2006 Davis Cup
Poland was included in Group II along with Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Macedonia, Norway, Slovenia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Participation and Performance of Poland in the 2006 Davis Cup
Poland at the 2006 Davis Cup played the matches against Latvia in the first round. The matches were played at Poznan, Poland, from 7th to 9th April. Poland’s Michal Przysiezny defeated Ernests Gulbis by 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 and 7-6. Lukasz Kubot from Poland defeated Latvia’s Andis Juska by 6-4, 7-6, 6-7, 3-6 and 8-6. Poland’s pair defeated Latvia’s pair by 6-3, 7-6 and 6-1. Poland’s Mariusz Fyrstenberg defeated Deniss Pavlovs by 6-3, 6-2. Michal Przysiezny defeated Karlis Lejnieks by 6-2, 7-6. Thus, Poland won all the five matches against Latvia in the first round. They forwarded to the 2nd round.
The matches in the 2nd round were played from 21st to 23rd July. Poland played the matches against Georgia at Gdynia, Poland on clay court. Georgia’s Irakli Labadze defeated Poland’s Michal Przysiezny by 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-4. Lukasz Kubot defeated Georgia’s Lado Chikhladze by 7-5, 6-4 and 6-2. Poland’s pair, Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski defeated Georgia’s pair, Lado Chikhladze and Irakli Labadze by 6-1, 6-2 and 6-4. Irakli Labadze defeated Lukasz Kubot by 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 and 6-4. Lado Chikhladze defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg by 7-5, 7-6 and 7-6. Poland could win 2 matches. Hence they could not advance to the 3rd round.
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