WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
SPAIN defeated KAZAKHSTAN 5-0
Venue: Palacio Municipal de los Deportes, Oviedo, ESP (clay – indoors)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) d. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 61 46 76(2) 46 64
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) d. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 63 46 61 61
Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez (ESP) d. Evgeny Korolev/Yuriy Schukin (KAZ) 62 63 61
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) d. Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) 63 64
Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 63 67(2) 63
AUSTRIA defeated RUSSIA 3-2
Venue: Arena Nova, Wiener Neustadt, AUT (hard – indoors)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 62 67(3) 64 36 61
Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) d. Alex Bogomolov Jr (RUS) 61 64 67(1) 62
Nikolay Davydenko/Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Oliver Marach/Alexander Peya (AUT) 76(1) 67(7) 75 36 64
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Alex Bogomolov Jr (RUS) 62 64 61
Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) d. Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) 64 46 76(4)
FRANCE leads CANADA 2-1
Venue: Thunderbird Sports Centre, Vancouver, CAN (hard – indoors)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 61 63 63
Milos Raonic (CAN) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) 62 64 75
Julien Benneteau/Michael Llodra (FRA) d. Daniel Nestor/Milos Raonic (CAN) 76(1) 76(2) 63
Milos Raonic (CAN) v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) v Julien Benneteau (FRA)
USA defeated SWITZERLAND 5-0
Venue: Forum Fribourg, Fribourg, SUI (clay – indoors)
Mardy Fish (USA) d. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 62 46 46 61 97
John Isner (USA) d. Roger Federer (SUI) 46 63 76(4) 62
Mike Bryan/Mardy Fish (USA) d. Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 46 63 63 63
Ryan Harrison (USA) d. Michael Lammer (SUI) 76(0) 76(4)
John Isner (USA) d. Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) 63 64
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated ITALY 4-1
Venue: CEZ Arena, Ostrava, CZE (hard – indoors)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 46 64 63 36 63
Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) 63 46 75 62
Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Daniele Bracciali/Potito Starace (ITA) 63 64 62
Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 46 63 64
Simone Bolelli (ITA) d. Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 64 64
SERBIA defeated SWEDEN 4-1
Venue: Hala Cair, Nis, SRB (hard – indoors)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) d. Filip Prpic (SWE) 63 63 64
Viktor Troicki (SRB) d. Michael Ryderstedt (SWE) 64 63 57 63
Johan Brunstrom/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) d. Janko Tipsarevic/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 36 63 76(4) 67(3) 108
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) d. Michael Ryderstedt (SWE) 62 76(5) 75
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) d. Filip Prpic (SWE) 64 64
CROATIA defeated JAPAN 3-2
Venue: Bourbon Beans Dome, Hyogo, JPN (hard – indoors)
Go Soeda (JPN) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) 67(3) 36 64 63 75
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) d. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 64 64 63
Ivan Dodig/Ivo Karlovic (CRO) d. Tatsuma Ito/Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 64 64 36 63
Kei Nishikori (JPN) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) 75 76(4) 63
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) d. Go Soeda (JPN) 76(4) 61 64
ARGENTINA defeated GERMANY 4-1
Venue: Stechert Arena Bamberg, Bamberg, GER (clay – indoors)
Juan Monaco (ARG) d. Philipp Petzschner (GER) 63 63 63
David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Florian Mayer (GER) 26 60 61 76(5)
David Nalbandian/Eduardo Schwank (ARG) d. Tommy Haas/Philipp Petzschner (GER) 36 46 64 63 64
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) d. Florian Mayer (GER) 75 75
Cedric-Marcel Stebe (GER) d. Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 76(1) 75
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
URUGUAY leads PERU 2-1
Venue: Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, URU (clay – outdoors)
Martin Cuevas (URU) d. Duilio Beretta (PER) 76(3) 63 61
Marcel Felder (URU) d. Mauricio Echazu (PER) 63 62 64
Duilio Beretta/Sergio Galdos (PER) d. Martin Cuevas/Marcel Felder (URU) 61 63 36 63
Marcel Felder (URU) v Duilio Beretta (PER)
Martin Cuevas (URU) v Mauricio Echazu (PER)
COLOMBIA leads ECUADOR 2-1
Venue: Salinas Country & Golf Club, Salinas, ECU (clay – outdoors)
Julio-Cesar Campozano (ECU) d. Robert Farah (COL) 76(4) 64 62
Santiago Giraldo (COL) d. Ivan Endara (ECU) 62 46 60 61
Juan-Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah (COL) d. Julio-Cesar Campozano/Diego Hidalgo (ECU) 64 62 62
Julio-Cesar Campozano (ECU) v Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Ivan Endara (ECU) v Robert Farah (COL)
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
UZBEKISTAN defeated NEW ZEALAND 3-2
Venue: TECT Arena, Tauranga, NZL (hard – indoors)
Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Jose Statham (NZL) 61 61 63
Farrukh Dustov (UZB) d. Michael Venus (NZL) 36 61 62 62
Farrukh Dustov/Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Daniel King-Turner/Michael Venus (NZL) 64 76(4) 61
Artem Sitak (NZL) d. Murad Inoyatov (UZB) 62 36 63
Daniel King-Turner (NZL) d. Sarvar Ikramov (UZB) 46 64 63
KOREA, REPUBLIC defeated CHINESE TAIPEI 4-1
Venue: Gimcheon Total Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, KOR (hard – indoors)
Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR) d. Ti Chen (TPE) 57 36 61 75 64
Suk-Young Jeong (KOR) d. Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 64 46 63 76(5)
Yong-Kyu Lim/Jae-Min Seol (KOR) d. Liang-Chi Huang/Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 64 63 67(4) 36 75
Min-Hyeok Cho (KOR) d. Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 62 75
Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) d. Jae-Min Seol (KOR) 76(5) 63
AUSTRALIA defeated CHINA, P.R. 5-0
Venue: Geelong Lawn Tennis Club, Geelong, AUS (grass – outdoors)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Ze Zhang (CHN) 62 61 76(4)
Bernard Tomic (AUS) d. Di Wu (CHN) 64 76(3) 63
Chris Guccione/Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Zhe Li/Ze Zhang (CHN) 62 62 62
Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Ya-Nan Ma (CHN) 64 62
Chris Guccione (AUS) d. Di Wu (CHN) 62 64
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
GREAT BRITAIN level with SLOVAK REPUBLIC 2-2
Venue: Braehead Arena, Glasgow, GBR (hard – indoors)
Daniel Evans (GBR) d. Lukas Lacko (SVK) 63 75 75
Martin Klizan (SVK) d. James Ward (GBR) 62 46 64 76(3)
Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins (GBR) d. Michal Mertinak/Filip Polasek (SVK) 63 76(4) 06 63
Lukas Lacko (SVK) d. James Ward (GBR) 76(9) 61 63
Daniel Evans (GBR) v Martin Klizan (SVK)
NETHERLANDS defeated FINLAND 5-0
Venue: Maaspoort Sports and Events, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NED (hard – indoors)
Robin Haase (NED) d. Juho Paukku (FIN) 61 61 61
Thiemo de Bakker (NED) d. Timo Nieminen (FIN) 61 75 63
Robin Haase/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) d. Harri Heliovaara/Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 62 76(4) 62
Jesse Huta Galung (NED) d. Harri Heliovaara (FIN) 62 64
Thiemo de Bakker (NED) d. Juho Paukku (FIN) 36 63 62
SLOVENIA defeated DENMARK 4-0
Venue: Rdeca Dvorana SRZ, Velenje, SLO (hard – indoors)
Grega Zemlja (SLO) d. Kristian Pless (DEN) 60 61 64
Blaz Kavcic (SLO) d. Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 62 64 64
Blaz Kavcic/Grega Zemlja (SLO) d. Thomas Kromann/Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 64 67(5) 64 75
Aljaz Bedene (SLO) d. Thomas Kromann (DEN) 63 36 64
Janez Semrajc (SLO) v Kristian Pless (DEN)
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II FIRST ROUND
BARBADOS defeated PARAGUAY 3-2
Venue: National Tennis Centre, St. Michael, BAR (hard – outdoors)
Darian King (BAR) d. Juan-Enrique Crosa (PAR) 63 63 64
Haydn Lewis (BAR) d. Daniel-Alejandro Lopez Cassaccia (PAR) 64 75 64
Darian King/Haydn Lewis (BAR) d. Juan Crosa/Gustavo Ramirez (PAR) 63 64 64
Daniel-Alejandro Lopez Cassaccia (PAR) d. Anthony Marshall (BAR) 76(3) 63
Jose Benitez (PAR) d. Haydn Lewis (BAR) 63 61
MEXICO defeated EL SALVADOR 3-0
Venue: Rafael El Pelon Osuna, Mexico City, MEX (clay – outdoors)
Daniel Garza (MEX) v Rafael Arevalo (ESA) 63 57 64 63
Cesar Ramirez (MEX) d. Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) 61 63 64
Santiago Gonzalez/Cesar Ramirez (MEX) d. Marcelo Arevalo/Rafael Arevalo (ESA) 64 62 75
Daniel Garza (MEX) v Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)
Cesar Ramirez (MEX) v Rafael Arevalo (ESA)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC defeated BOLIVIA 3-1
Venue: Federacion Dominicana de Tenis, Santo Domingo, DOM (hard – outdoors)
Victor Estrella (DOM) d. Hugo Dellien (BOL) 60 62 67(5) 60
Federico Zeballos (BOL) d. Jose Hernandez (DOM) 62 46 62 64
Victor Estrella/Jose Hernandez (DOM) v Hugo Dellien/Mauricio Doria-Medina (BOL) 36 62 75 63
Victor Estrella (DOM) d. Federico Zeballos (BOL) 62 62 62
Roberto Cid (DOM) v Carlos Taborga (BOL)
VENEZUELA defeated PUERTO RICO 3-0
Venue: Centro Nacional de Tenis, Caracas, VEN (hard – outdoors)
Luis David Martinez (VEN) d. Ricardo Gonzalez-Diaz (PUR) 62 63 46 61
Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN) d. Gabriel Flores Ruiz (PUR) 61 63 63
Luis David Martinez/Roberto Maytin (VEN) d. Gilberto Alvarez/Ricardo Gonzalez-Diaz (PUR) 63 76(8) 76(4)
Jose Perdomo (VEN) v Ricardo Gonzalez-Diaz (PUR)
Enrique Olivares (VEN) v Gabriel Flores Ruiz (PUR)
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II FIRST ROUND
PHILIPPINES defeated PACIFIC OCEANIA 5-0
Venue: University of Saint Anthony, Iriga City, PHI (hard – indoors)
Jeson Patrombon (PHI) d. Cyril Jacobe (POC) 63 62 76(4)
Treat Huey (PHI) d. Michael Leong (POC) 60 63 62
Johnny Arcilla/Ruben Gonzales Jr (PHI) d. Cyril Jacobe/Daniel Llarenas (POC) 67(3) 75 76(3) 76(4)
Jeson Patrombon (PHI) d. Aymeric Mara (POC) 60 61
Johnny Arcilla (PHI) d. Cyril Jacobe (POC) 62 61
PAKISTAN leads LEBANON 2-1
Venue: ATCL Club, Jounieh, LIB (hard – outdoors)
Aisam Qureshi (PAK) d. Karim Alayli (LIB) 60 63 64
Bassam Beidas (LIB) d. Aqeel Khan (PAK) 61 63 62
Aqeel Khan/Aisam Qureshi (PAK) d. Bassam Beidas/Patrick Chucri (LIB) 62 26 64 76(5)
Bassam Beidas (LIB) v Aisam Qureshi (PAK)
Karim Alayli (LIB) v Aqeel Khan (PAK)
INDONESIA defeated HONG KONG, CHINA 3-2
Venue: Victoria Park, Hong Kong, HKG (hard – outdoors)
Christopher Rungkat (INA) d. Nicholas Sayer (HKG) 64 63 64
Jonathan Chu (HKG) d. David Agung Susanto (INA) 63 60 64
Christopher Rungkat/David Agung Susanto (INA) d. Jonathan Chu/Cheuk-Wai Hui (HKG) 62 62 62
Christopher Rungkat (INA) d. Hui-Tung Yu (HKG) 63 76(7) 62
Nicholas Sayer (HKG) d. Aditya Hari Sasongko (INA) 62 63
THAILAND defeated SRI LANKA 3-2
Venue: Sri Lanka Tennis Association Courts, Colombo, SRI (clay – outdoors)
Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) d. Dineshkanthan Thangarajah (SRI) 64 75 64
Danai Udomchoke (THA) d. Vimuktha de Alwis (SRI) 61 61 62
Weerapat Doakmaiklee/Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) d. Amresh Jayawickrema/Dineshkanthan Thangarajah (SRI) 60 64 62
Dineshkanthan Thangarajah (SRI) d. Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA) 64 1-0 ret. (left knee injury)
Vimuktha de Alwis (SRI) d. Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) w/o
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II FIRST ROUND
UKRAINE defeated MONACO 5-0
Venue: Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, UKR (hard – indoors)
Illya Marchenko (UKR) d. Benjamin Balleret (MON) 36 63 61 61
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Jean-Rene Lisnard (MON) 61 67(3) 76(3) 63
Denys Molchanov/Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Guillaume Couillard/Thomas Oger (MON) 62 76(3) 64
Denys Molchanov (UKR) d. Benjamin Balleret (MON) 63 36 64
Illya Marchenko (UKR) d. Thomas Oger (MON) 63 62
CYPRUS defeated MOROCCO 3-2
Venue: Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre, Limassol, CYP (hard – indoors)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. Younes Rachidi (MAR) 60 63 60
Yassine Idmbarek (MAR) d. Sergis Kyratzis (CYP) 75 46 36 60 64
Marcos Baghdatis/Rares Cuzdriorean (CYP) d. Anas Fattar/Younes Rachidi (MAR) 63 60 62
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. Yassine Idmbarek (MAR) 64 61 60
Younes Rachidi (MAR) d. Christos Hadjigeorgiou (CYP) 62 62
HUNGARY defeated IRELAND 3-2
Venue: Szeged Varosi Sportcsarnok, Szeged, HUN (hard – indoors)
James McGee (IRL) d. Adam Kellner (HUN) 46 63 64 67(7) 64
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) d. Conor Niland (IRL) 76(4) 64 67(3) 26 62
Attila Balazs/Adam Kellner (HUN) d. Sam Barry/James McGee (IRL) 76(6) 67(2) 62 76(8)
Attila Balazs (HUN) d. Conor Niland (IRL) 61 62 61
Sam Barry (IRL) d. Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 46 63 62
LATVIA defeated EGYPT 3-2
Venue: El Gezera Sporting Club, Cairo, EGY (clay – outdoors)
Andis Juska (LAT) d. Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 63 64 16 63
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d. Sherif Sabry (EGY) 62 63 63
Sherif Sabry/Mohamed Safwat (EGY) d. Andis Juska/Deniss Pavlovs (LAT) 57 64 63 62
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d. Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 63 64 63
Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) d. Martins Podzus (LAT) 62 36 64
BELARUS defeated MOLDOVA 4-1
Venue: Republic Olympic Training Centre for Tennis, Minsk, BLR (hard – indoors)
Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) d. Roman Borvanov (MDA) 64 62 64
Radu Albot (MDA) d. Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR) 67(7) 75 64 62
Alexander Bury/Max Mirnyi (BLR) d. Roman Borvanov/Maxim Dubarenco (MDA) 62 62 64
Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) d. Radu Albot (MDA) 75 76(2) 61
Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR) d. Andrei Gorban (MDA) 26 64 64
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA defeated TURKEY 3-1
Venue: Ankara Tennis Kulubu, Ankara, TUR (hard – indoors)
Amer Delic (BIH) d. Baris Erguden (TUR) 76(5) 64 63
Marsel Ilhan (TUR) d. Tomislav Brkic (BIH) 61 61 63
Tomislav Brkic/Amer Delic (BIH) d. Marsel Ilhan/Ergun Zorlu (TUR) 46 64 63 76(2)
Amer Delic (BIH) d. Marsel Ilhan (TUR) 63 16 76(10) 67(6) 119
Baris Erguden (TUR) v Tomislav Brkic (BIH)
ESTONIA defeated LUXEMBOURG 5-0
Venue: Tere Tennisekeskus, Tallinn, EST (hard – indoors)
Jurgen Zopp (EST) d. Gilles Kremer (LUX) 62 62 62
Jaak Poldma (EST) d. Mike Scheidweiler (LUX) 76(2) 61 63
Mait Kunnap/Jurgen Zopp (EST) d. Gilles Kremer/Mike Scheidweiler (LUX) 64 64 64
Vladimir Ivanov (EST) d. Mike Vermeer (LUX) 60 36 61
Jaak Poldma (EST) d. Laurent Bram (LUX) 64 63
POLAND defeated MADAGASCAR 5-0
Venue: Arena Ursynow Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Warsaw, POL (hard – indoors)
Grzegorz Panfil (POL) d. Antso Rakotondramanga (MAD) 76(7) 63 62
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Jacob Rasolondrazana (MAD) 61 61 63
Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (POL) d. Antso Rakotondramanga/Lofo Ramiaramanana (MAD) 61 64 64
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Lofo Ramiaramanana (MAD) 62 62
Grzegorz Panfil (POL) d. Ando Rasolomalala (MAD) 64 61
Topics: Davis Cup 2012