 The Israeli team's response was to beat the Russian team in each of their first three matches, thereby winning the tie.Levy was aware that the Russians thought he was incapable of playing at their level, let alone beating Russia's top player, Andreev.Levy, ranked what the Russian press referred to as a "lowly" world # 210, beat Andreev, world # 24, 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 in the opening match.