World Group Play-offs Davis Cup Update
World Group Play-offs Davis Cup UpdateItalians Fabio Fognini (L) and Simone Bolelli (R) during their match against Chileans Jorge Aguilar and Nicolás Massu at the Davis Cup held at the Court Central of the National Stadium in Santiago de Chile, Chile, 17 September 2011. Italy won by 2-0. EPA/Felipe Trueba |
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated ROMANIA 3-0
Venue: Centrul National De Tenis, Bucharest , ROU (clay – outdoors)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) 63 62 60
Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Victor Crivoi (ROU) 63 63 76(4)
Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Marius Copil/Horia Tecau (ROU) 36 63 60 62
Adrian Ungur (ROU) v Tomas Berdych (CZE)
Victor Crivoi (ROU) v Radek Stepanek (CZE)
BRAZIL leads RUSSIA 2-1
Venue: Kazan Tennis Academy , Kazan , RUS (hard – indoors)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Ricardo Mello (BRA) 60 62 61
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) d. Igor Andreev (RUS) 64 63 63
Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares (BRA) d. Igor Kunitsyn/Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 64 75 62
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) v Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
Igor Andreev (RUS) v Ricardo Mello (BRA)
CANADA leads ISRAEL 2-1
Venue: Canada Stadium, Ramat Hasharon, ISR (hard – outdoors)
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 76(4) 67(6) 61 67(2) 63
Amir Weintraub (ISR) d. Milos Raonic (CAN) 57 75 63 61
Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (ISR) 46 63 64 64
Dudi Sela (ISR) v Milos Raonic (CAN)
Amir Weintraub (ISR) v Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
CROATIA leads SOUTH AFRICA 2-1
Venue: Fanie Du Toit Sports Stadium, Potchefstroom, RSA (hard – outdoors)
Kevin Anderson (RSA) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) 63 64 36 76(5)
Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Izak van der Merwe (RSA) 60 60 ret. (arm injury)
Marin Cilic/Ivan Dodig (CRO) d. Raven Klaasen/Rik de Voest (RSA) 62 64 36 61
Kevin Anderson (RSA) v Marin Cilic (CRO)
Izak van der Merwe (RSA) v Ivan Dodig (CRO)
ITALY defeated CHILE 3-0
Venue: Estadio Nacional, Santiago , CHI (hard – outdoors)
Potito Starace (ITA) d. Paul Capdeville (CHI) 63 63 26 76(5)
Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 62 46 2-1 ret. (left leg)
Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Jorge Aguilar/Nicolas Massu (CHI) 64 64 64
Paul Capdeville (CHI) v Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) v Potito Starace (ITA)
JAPAN leads INDIA 2-1
Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo , JPN (hard – outdoors)
Yuichi Sugita (JPN) d. Somdev Devvarman ( IND ) 63 64 75
Kei Nishikori (JPN) d. Rohan Bopanna ( IND ) 63 62 62
Rohan Bopanna/Mahesh Bhupathi ( IND ) d. Tatsuma Ito/Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 75 36 63 76(4)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) v Somdev Devvarman (IND)
Yuichi Sugita (JPN) v Rohan Bopanna (IND)
AUSTRIA leads BELGIUM 2-1
Venue: Lotto Arena, Antwerp, BEL (hard – indoors)
Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) d. Xavier Malisse (BEL) 64 64 75
Steve Darcis (BEL) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 76(3) 67(4) 64 63
Oliver Marach/Alexander Peya (AUT) d. Steve Darcis/Olivier Rochus (BEL) 46 63 64 64
Xavier Malisse (BEL) v Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Steve Darcis (BEL) v Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)
AUSTRALIA leads SWITZERLAND 2-1
Venue: Royal Sydney Golf Club, Sydney , AUS (grass – outdoors)
Bernard Tomic (AUS) d. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 46 64 63 63
Roger Federer (SUI) d. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 57 76(5) 62 63
Chris Guccione/Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 26 64 62 76(5)
Bernard Tomic (AUS) v Roger Federer (SUI)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) v Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
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