The coach of the Chilean Davis Cup team, Nicolás Massú, stated that the leader of his team, Nicolás Jarry, is the player "that a captain would always want to have."
"Nico is going through a great moment. A captain would always want to have a player like him, because he has a different style of play and can play singles and doubles. But it is also true that he will have to face two players who have had similar results," highlighted the player from Viña del Mar about the "Príncipe" on Wednesday during a press conference.
Although Argentina is the favorite to win the Davis Cup series against Chile in San Juan, Massú does not hide his hope of being able to cause an upset against the Argentinians.
The "Vampiro" clings to the fact that Jarry and Christian Garín demonstrate the great level they have shown in 2018 in order to defeat the home team.
That is why, in addition to the praise towards Jarry, the two-time Olympic champion also referred to El Tanque: "He has improved a lot. He made changes in his life, he went to the United States. He is almost returning to his best ranking, he defeated (Stefanos) Tsitsipas, who is 70th in the world, and I think all of South America knows him well. He has the potential and is fine-tuning certain things."
Regarding the Argentine team, he commented: "The advantage is that they have always had many players. There is a reason why they have been competing at the top for the past 18 years. 15 years ago, there were even four Argentine players in the top ten. They have three singles players, one who is 15th in the world and two others who are doing well."
Finally, Massú recalled the incident of the chair-throwing in 2000 at Parque O'Higgins: "That series was very strange. What happened hopefully stays in the past. I am sure it will be like the other more normal series. I think it will be a nice spectacle and the people will behave well. Argentina is my second home, I won my first ATP title here in 2002. I lived here from the age of 20 to 27."