Davis Cup 2011: WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

Written by: on 18th September 2011
Belgium vs Austria
Davis Cup 2011: WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

Austria's team celebrates after Juergen Melzer (L) won the tennis match between Belgian Olivier Rochus and Austrian Juergen Melzer, match four of the Davis Cup meeting between Belgium and Austria, in the Antwerp Lotto Arena, Belgium, 18 September 2011. EPA/JULIEN WARNAND Belgium Out  |

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

CZECH REPUBLIC defeated ROMANIA 5-0

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

Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Marius Copil (ROU) 64 76(2)

Jan Hajek (CZE) d. Victor Crivoi (ROU) 61 64

RUSSIA defeated BRAZIL 3-2

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) d. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 26 63 57 64 1412

Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d. Ricardo Mello (BRA) 61 76(5) 26 63

CANADA defeated ISRAEL 3-2

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) d. Peter Polansky (CAN) 63 63 63

Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Amir Weintraub (ISR) 62 76(3) 64

CROATIA defeated SOUTH AFRICA 4-1

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

Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Rik de Voest (RSA) 64 62 64

Nikola Mektic (CRO) d. Raven Klaasen (RSA) 76(2) 61

ITALY defeated CHILE 4-1

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) d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) 76(3) 62

Daniele Bracciali (ITA) d. Nicolas Massu (CHI) 4-3 ret. (pulled abdominal muscle)

JAPAN defeated INDIA 4-1

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) d. Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 75 63 63

Go Soeda (JPN) d. Rohan Bopanna (IND) 4-5 ret. (blister, right foot)

AUSTRIA defeated BELGIUM 4-1

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

Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Olivier Rochus (BEL) 64 64 63

Alexander Peya (AUT) d. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 64 63

AUSTRALIA level with SWITZERLAND 2-2

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)

Roger Federer (SUI) d. Bernard Tomic (AUS) 62 75 36 63

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) leads Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 46 64 67(7) 64 5-3 play suspended due to darkness








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