The Montenegrin national team won at the start of the Davis Cup European Zone third group tournament in Chisinau.
Montenegrin tennis players pulled off a surprise in Group A and celebrated against the tournament's top seed, the Republic of Ireland, 2:1.
Conor Gennon took the lead for the Irish team with a 2:0 victory over Simon Knežević, in sets of 7:5 and 6:3.
Petar Jovanović equalized, defeating Peter Baldorini 2:0 (6:4 and 6:4).
The winner was decided by doubles, in which Jovanović and Aleksa Krivokapić defeated Charles Berry and Connor Gannon 2:1 (6:1, 5:7 and 6:4).
The Latvian tennis players also achieved victory in Group A, defeating Azerbaijan 3:0 at the start.
Latvia will be the Montenegrin team's next rival.
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