Gábor Köves: Hungarian men's tennis has advanced in many ways

According to Gábor Köves, the federal captain of the Hungarian national team, he advanced in many respects, emphasizing Márton Fucsovics' quarterfinals in Wimbledon and the young people's second half of the year, especially in the evaluation of this season.

At the same time, the head of the Hungarian association noted on the website of the Hungarian association that in 2021 the peak for him was the national team's performance in Turin in the renewed final of the Davis Cup.

"Knowing the players and knowing how much they worked for the success, somewhere I expected to be able to surprise the Australian and Croatian team with the world stars. In addition, Márton Fucsovics was injured in his first match, so he could not play against the Croatians, while the other strength of the national team, Attila Balázs, still did not recover from his stubborn injury, "explained Gábor Köves. "Among the youngsters, Piros Zsombor was a great performer, beating both of his top 100 opponents, John Millman of Australia and Marin Cilic, a former Grand Slam winner from Croatia, as real leaders. his game includes such feats. "

According to the captain, Fábián Marozsán, Máté Valkusz and Péter Fajta could finish in the top two hundred in a year or two, in addition to Piros, who finished the year 288th in the world rankings.

"It would be nice to have more competitions at home, all of which would help the guys, and Red, Marozsa and Valkusz could start as mainstands based on their current rankings. resources, or to travel and compete more for our talents, ”he said.

In connection with the two leading players, Gábor Köves recalled that Balázs was in the form of his life, he was among the top 100, and even briefly overtook Fucsovics in the world rankings, then he was injured, so he had to miss the whole season.

"I know him well, if he manages to know these months behind him and can forget about his injury forever, I think he's able to be a member of the top 100 again. But Marci made history this year as he made it to his first Grand Slam quarter-final, plus "The last time such a result was achieved by Balázs Taróczy was eight at Roland Garros. Although there were two ups and downs in his game this year, he fought back into the top forty in the world rankings," the captain praised the best Hungarian player.

(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay)