{"id":22616,"date":"2013-09-14T02:21:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T00:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/de-voest-loses-in-davis-cup-opener\/"},"modified":"2013-09-14T02:21:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T00:21:54","slug":"de-voest-loses-in-davis-cup-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/de-voest-loses-in-davis-cup-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"De Voest loses in Davis Cup opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=16670\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16670\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16670\" alt=\"Rik de Voest. Photo: Getty Images \" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/2e544_Rik-de-Voest-G300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rik de Voest. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s Davis Cup team suffered an early blow in their crucial Euro-Africa Group One tie against Slovenia with Rik de Voest going down to Blaz Rola at the Park Tivoli in Ljubljana on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/slovenias-number-one-not-named-in-singles-line-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slovenia\u2019s second-ranked player, Rola beat South Africa\u2019s No 1, at the tournament, in straight sets<\/a> 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>The loss would put added pressure on Ruan Roelofse, who has a mammoth task against Slovenia\u2019s top-player Blaz Kavcic ranked just outside the world\u2019s top 100.<\/p>\n<p>De Voest, ranked 162nd in the world struggled on the slow clay against the talented Rola ranked 208th. Rola, the current NCAA Champion held serve throughout the match. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supersport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sapa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Rik de Voest news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/rik-de-voest\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/slovenias-number-one-not-named-in-singles-line-up\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/2e544_201419626_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/slovenias-number-one-not-named-in-singles-line-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slovenia\u2019s number one not named in singles line up<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/obrien-joins-davis-cup-team-for-slovenia-tie\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/2e544_193985098_80_803.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/obrien-joins-davis-cup-team-for-slovenia-tie\/\" target=\"_blank\">O\u2019Brien joins Davis Cup team for Slovenia tie<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/2e544_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rik de Voest. Photo: Getty Images South Africa\u2019s Davis Cup team suffered an early blow in their crucial Euro-Africa Group One tie against Slovenia with Rik de Voest going down to Blaz Rola at the Park Tivoli in Ljubljana on Friday. 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