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Davis Cup
Saturday Results
WORLD GROUP FIRST
ROUND
CANADA leads SPAIN 2-0
Venue:
Thunderbird Sports Centre, Vancouver, CAN (hard indoor)
Milos Raonic (CAN) d. Albert Ramos (ESP) 67(5) 64 64 64
Frank Dancevic (CAN) d. Marcel Granollers (ESP) 61 62 62
Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) v Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez (ESP)
Milos Raonic (CAN) v Marcel Granollers (ESP)
Frank Dancevic (CAN) v Albert Ramos (ESP)
ITALY leads CROATIA 2-1
Venue:
Palavela, Turin, ITA (clay indoor)
Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 61 67(6) 46
63 62
Andreas Seppi (ITA) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) 62 67(2) 64 64
Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Marin Cilic/Ivan
Dodig (CRO) 36 61 63 76(11)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) v Marin Cilic (CRO)
Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Ivan Dodig (CRO)
SERBIA defeated BELGIUM 3-0
Venue: Spiroudome de Charleroi, Charleroi, BEL (clay
indoor)
Viktor Troicki
(SRB) d. David Goffin (BEL) 16 36 76(5) 64 64
Novak Djokovic
(SRB) d. Olivier
Rochus (BEL) 63 62 62
Viktor
Troicki/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d. Ruben Bemelmans/Steve Darcis (BEL) 64
64 57 64
David Goffin
(BEL) v Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Olivier Rochus
(BEL) v Viktor Troicki (SRB)
USA leads BRAZIL 2-1
Venue:
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL, USA (hard
indoor)
Sam Querrey (USA) d. Thomaz
Bellucci (BRA) 63 64 64
John Isner (USA) v Thiago
Alves (BRA) 63 76(4) 63
Marcelo
Melo/Bruno Soares (BRA) d. Mike Bryan/Bob Bryan
(USA) 76(6)
67(7) 64 36 63
John Isner (USA) v Thomaz
Bellucci (BRA)
Sam Querrey (USA) v Thiago
Alves (BRA)
FRANCE defeated ISRAEL 3-0
Venue:
Kindarena, Rouen, FRA (hard indoor)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Amir Weintraub (ISR) 63 63 46 75
Richard Gasquet (FRA) v Dudi Sela (ISR) 63 62 62
Julien Benneteau/Michael Llodra (FRA) d. Jonathan
Erlich/Dudi Sela (ISR) 76(3) 61 60
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) v Dudi Sela (ISR)
Richard Gasquet (FRA) v Amir Weintraub (ISR)
ARGENTINA defeated GERMANY 3-0
Venue: Parque
Roca, Buenos Aires, ARG (clay outdoor)
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) d. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 36
75 62 46 4-5 ret. (left hamstring)
Juan Monaco (ARG) d. Florian Mayer (GER) 67(4) 63 63
64
David Nalbandian/Horacio Zeballos (ARG) d. Tobias
Kamke/Christopher Kas (GER) 61 64 57 62
Juan Monaco (ARG) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) v Florian Mayer (GER)
KAZAKHSTAN leads AUSTRIA 2-1
Venue: National
Tennis Centre, Astana, KAZ (clay indoor)
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) d. Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)
76(2) 63 76(5)
Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 76(4) 63
62
Julian
Knowle/Alexander Peya (AUT) d. Andrey Golubev/Yuriy Schukin (KAZ)
76(5) 63 76(3)
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) v Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) v Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)
CZECH REPUBLIC leads SWITZERLAND
2-1
Venue: Palexpo,
Geneva, SUI (hard indoor)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. Lukas Rosol (CZE) 64 63 64
Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 63 62
67(5) 61
Tomas Berdych/ Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Marco
Chiudinelli/Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 64 57 64 67(3) 2422
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) v Tomas Berdych (CZE)
Henri Laaksonen (SUI) v Lukas Rosol (CZE)
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
URUGUAY leads DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
2-1
Venue: Carrasco
Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, URU (clay outdoor)
Marcel Felder
(URU) d. Roberto Cid (DOM) 63 63 62
Jose Hernandez
(DOM) d. Martin Cuevas (URU) 64 61 63
Ariel
Behar/Marcel Felder (URU) d. Henry Estrella/Jose Hernandez (DOM) 62 64
63
Marcel Felder
(URU) v Jose Hernandez (DOM)
Martin Cuevas
(URU) v Roberto Cid (DOM)
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE
GROUP I FIRST ROUND
AUSTRALIA defeated CHINESE TAIPEI
3-0
Venue:
Kaohsiung Yangming Tennis Courts, Kaohsiung City, TPE (hard outdoor)
Lleyton Hewitt
(AUS) d. Yang Tsung-Hua (TPE) 64 64 64
Matthew Ebden
(AUS) d. Chen Ti (TPE) 63 64 75
Chris
Guccione/Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Lee Hsin-Han/Peng Hsien-Yin (TPE)
76(6) 64 62
Chen Ti (TPE)
v Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Yang Tsung-Hua
(TPE) v Matthew Ebden (AUS)
UZBEKISTAN defeated CHINA, P.R.
3-0
Venue: Sport
Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, UZB
(clay indoor)
Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Wu Di (CHN) 46 46 76(4) 75 62
Farrukh Dustov (UZB) d. Zhang Ze (CHN) 46 76(8) 64 36
64
Farrukh Dustov/Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Gong
Mao-Xin/Zhang Ze (CHN) 63 76(4) 63
Denis Istomin (UZB) v Zhang Ze (CHN)
Farrukh Dustov (UZB) v Wu Di (CHN)
KOREA, REP. leads INDIA 2-1
Venue: R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, New Delhi, IND (hard outdoor)
Cho Min Hyeok
(KOR) d. Ranjeet
Virali-Murugesan (IND) 61 60 61
Jeong
Suk-Young (KOR) d. Vijayant
Malik (IND) 64 75 30 ret. (Cramping)
Leander
Paes/Purav Raja (IND) v Lim Yong-Kyu/ Nam Ji Sung (KOR) 64 76(5) 62
Ranjeet
Virali-Murugesan (IND) v Jeong Suk-Young (KOR)
Vijayant Malik
(IND) v Cho
Min Hyeok (KOR)
JAPAN defeated INDONESIA 3-0
Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, JPN (hard indoor)
Tatsuma Ito
(JPN) d. Christopher
Rungkat (INA) 62 62 64
Go Soeda (JPN)
d. Wisnu Adi
Nugroho (INA) 60 60 61
Tatsuma
Ito/Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) d. Christopher Rungkat/Elbert Sie (INA) 64 57 26 75 62
Go Soeda (JPN)
v Christopher
Rungkat (INA)
Tatsuma Ito
(JPN) v Wisnu
Adi Nugroho (INA)
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE
GROUP I FIRST ROUND
POLAND leads SLOVENIA 2-1
Venue: Centennial Hall,
Wroclaw, POL (hard
indoor)
Jerzy Janowicz
(POL) d. Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 63 63 75
Lukasz Kubot
(POL) d. Grega Zemlja (SLO) 63 63 60
Blaz
Kavcic/Grega Zemlja (SLO) d. Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (POL)
63 26
62 46 1311
Jerzy Janowicz
(POL) v Grega Zemlja (SLO)
Lukasz Kubot
(POL) v Blaz Kavcic (SLO)
ROMANIA defeated DENMARK 3-0
Venue: Sala Sporturilor
"Horia Demian", Cluj Napoca, ROU
(hard indoor)
Marius Copil
(ROU) d. Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 63 76(7) 64
Adrian Ungur
(ROU) d. Martin Pedersen (DEN) 62 76(3) 46 46 62
Horia
Tecau/Florin Mergea (ROU) d. Thomas Kromann/Frederik Nielsen (DEN)
76(3) 62 64
Adrian Ungur
(ROU) v Frederik Nielsen (DEN)
Marius Copil (ROU) v Martin Pedersen (DEN)
SLOVAK REPUBLIC leads UKRAINE 2-1
Venue: TC Premier, Kremenchug,
UKR (hard
indoor)
Alexandr
Dolgopolov (UKR) d. Andrej Martin (SVK) 62 62 75
Lukas Lacko
(SVK) d. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 62 57 76(5) 64
Filip
Polasek/Igor Zelenay (SVK) d. Alexandr Dolgopolov/Sergiy Stakhovsky
(UKR) 76(4)
76(3) 63
Alexandr
Dolgopolov (UKR) v Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Sergiy
Stakhovsky (UKR) v Andrej Martin (SVK)
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP
II FIRST ROUND
MEXICO defeated PUERTO RICO 3-0
Venue: Palmas Athletic Club,
Humacao, PUR (hard
outdoor)
Miguel Angel
Reyes-Varela (MEX) d. Alex Llompart (PUR) 76(7) 63 76(4)
Daniel Garza
(MEX) d. Christian Garay (PUR) 62 60 63
Daniel
Garza/Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) d. Gilberto Alvarez/Alex Llompart (PUR)
64 67(4)
61 36 86
Alex Llompart
(PUR) v Daniel Garza (MEX)
Christian
Garay (PUR) v Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)
EL SALVADOR defeated BARBADOS 3-0
Venue: Maya Country Club, Santa
Tecla, ESA (clay
outdoor)
Rafael Arevalo
(ESA) d. Darian King (BAR) 63 67(1) 62 64
Marcelo
Arevalo (ESA) d. Anthony Marshall (BAR) 61 61 61
Marcelo
Arevalo/Rafael Arevalo (ESA) d. Darian King/Russell Moseley (BAR) 26 63
64 62
Marcelo
Arevalo (ESA) v Darian King (BAR)
Rafael Arevalo
(ESA) v Anthony Marshall (BAR)
VENEZUELA leads GUATEMALA 2-0
Venue: Centro Nacional de
Tenis, Caracas, VEN (hard
outdoor)
David Souto
(VEN) d. Sebastien Vidal (GUA) 62 61 76(5)
Ricardo
Rodriguez (VEN) d. Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA) 63 75 36 61
Piero
Luisi/Luis Martinez (VEN) v Christopher Diaz-Figueroa/Sebastien Vidal
(GUA)
David Souto
(VEN) v Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA)
Ricardo
Rodriguez (VEN) v Sebastien Vidal (GUA)
PERU defeated HAITI 3-0
Venue: Club Lawn Tennis de la
Exposicion, Lima, PER (clay
outdoor)
Duilio Beretta
(PER) d. Hillel Rousseau (HAI) 62 62 60
Mauricio
Echazu (PER) d. Olivier Sajous (HAI) 64 63 75
Duilio
Beretta/Sergio Galdos (PER) d. Joel Allen/Olivier Sajous (HAI) 76(5) 64
64
Duilio Beretta
(PER) v Olivier Sajous (HAI)
Mauricio
Echazu (PER) v Hillel Rousseau (HAI)
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE
GROUP II FIRST ROUND
NEW ZEALAND defeated LEBANON 4-0
Venue: Albany Tennis Park,
Auckland, NZL (hard
indoor)
Daniel
King-Turner (NZL) d. Michael Massih (LIB) 61 61 60
Artem Sitak
(NZL) d. Karim Alayli (LIB) 62 61 60
Marcus
Daniell/Daniel King-Turner (NZL) d. Ibrahim Abou Chahine/Karim Alayli
(LIB) 61
61 61
Daniel
King-Turner (NZL) d. Ibrahim Abou Chahine (LIB) 60 61
Artem Sitak
(NZL) v Michael Massih (LIB)
PAKISTAN leads SRI LANKA 2-1
Venue: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, SRI (clay outdoor)
Aqeel Khan
(PAK) d. Dineshkanthan Thangarajah (SRI) 46 61 42 ret.
Harshana
Godamanna (SRI) d. Aisam Qureshi (PAK) 76(3) 75 76(3)
Aqeel
Khan/Aisam Qureshi (PAK) d. Harshana Godamann/Rajeev Rajapakse (SRI) 62
67(0)
26 63 62
Harshana
Godamanna (SRI) v Aqeel Khan (PAK)
Dineshkanthan
Thangarajah (SRI) v Aisam Qureshi (PAK)
THAILAND leads KUWAIT 2-1
Venue: Kuwait Tennis Federation Centre, Meshref, KUW (hard outdoor)
Danai
Udomchoke (THA) d. Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW) 61 61 46 46 64
Abdullah
Maqdas (KUW) d. Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) 64 76(7) 36 36 61
Pruchya
Isarow/Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA) d. Mohammad Ghareeb/Abdullah Maqdas
(KUW) 36
63 76(6) 76(4)
Abdullah
Maqdas (KUW) v Danai Udomchoke (THA)
Mohammad
Ghareeb (KUW) v Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA)
PHILIPPINES defeated SYRIA 3-0
Venue: Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Lapu-Lapu, PHI (clay outdoor)
Johnny Arcilla
(PHI) d. Issam Haitham Taweel (SYR) 64 57
61 62
Ruben Gonzales
(PHI) d. Marc Abdelnour (SYR) 64 76(1) 62
Ruben
Gonzales/Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) d. Marc Abdelnour/Issam Haitham Taweel (SYR) 60 63 26 62
Ruben Gonzales
(PHI) v Issam Haitham Taweel (SYR)
Johnny Arcilla
(PHI) v Marc Abdelnour (SYR)
EUROPE/AFRICA GROUP
II FIRST ROUND
FINLAND leads BULGARIA 2-1
Venue: Tennis Hall
"Sofia'', Sofia, BUL (hard
indoor)
Grigor
Dimitrov (BUL) d. Juho Paukku (FIN) 61 61 60
Micke Kontinen
(FIN) d. Alexander Lazov (BUL) 76(4) 63 64
Harri
Heliovaara/Henri Kontinen (FIN) d. Grigor Dimitrov/Dimitar Kuzmanov
(BUL) 75 61
46 26 64
Grigor
Dimitrov (BUL) v Micke Kontinen (FIN)
Alexander
Lazov (BUL) v Juho Paukku (FIN)
IRELAND leads ESTONIA 2-1
Venue: David Lloyd Riverview, Dublin, IRL (hard indoor)
James McGee
(IRL) d. Jaan Kononov (EST) 60 61 63
Vladimir
Ivanov (EST) d. Sam Barry (IRL) 36 62 63 76(3)
Sam
Barry/James McGee (IRL) d. Vladimir Ivanov/Marek Marksoo (EST) 64 63 36
36 97
James McGee
(IRL) v Vladimir Ivanov (EST)
Sam Barry
(IRL) v Jaan Kononov (EST)
LATVIA defeated TUNISIA 3-0
Venue: Citι Nationale Sportive, El Menzah, TUN (hard outdoor)
Andis Juska
(LAT) d. Mohamed Haythem Abid (TUN) 76(7) 63 60
Ernests Gulbis
(LAT) d. Slim Hamza (TUN) 61 62 60
Ernests
Gulbis/Andis Juska (LAT) d. Slim Hamza/Mohamed Haythem Abid (TUN) 76(6)
26 63
64
Mohamed
Haythem Abid (TUN) v Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Slim Hamza
(TUN) v Andis Juska (LAT)
MONACO leads BELARUS 2-1
Venue: Monte Carlo Country
Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, MON
(clay outdoor)
Benjamin
Balleret (MON) d. Dzmitry Zhyrmont
(BLR) 67(6) 61 63 63
Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) d. Jean-Rene
Lisnard
(MON) 64 64 60
Benjamin
Balleret/Guillaume Couillard (MON) d. Max Mirnyi/Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) 76(3) 46 46 76(5) 62
Benjamin
Balleret (MON) v Uladzimir Ignatik
(BLR)
Jean-Rene
Lisnard (MON) v Dzmitry Zhyrmont
(BLR)
MOLDOVA leads HUNGARY 2-1
Venue: Manejul de Atletica Usoara, Chisinau, MDA (hard indoor)
Maxim
Dubarenco (MDA) d. Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 36 63 64 64
Radu Albot
(MDA) d. Viktor Filipenko (HUN) 61 63 63
Marton
Fucsovics/Levente Godry (HUN) d. Radu
Albot/Andrei
Ciumac (MDA) 63 62 62
Radu Albot
(MDA) v Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
Maxim
Dubarenco (MDA) v Viktor Filipenko (HUN)
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA defeated
LUXEMBOURG 3-0
Venue: Mojmilo Sports Hall,
Sarajevo, BIH (hard
indoor)
Damir Dzumhur
(BIH) d. Mike Scheidweiler (LUX) 64 64 60
Aldin Setkic
(BIH) d. Ugo Nastasi (LUX) 64 60 63
Tomislav
Brkic/Damir Dzumhur (BIH) d. Laurent Bram/Mike Scheidweiler (LUX) 61 63
63
Damir Dzumhur
(BIH) v Ugo Nastasi (LUX)
Aldin Setkic
(BIH) v Mike Scheidweiler (LUX)
LITHUANIA leads CYPRUS 2-1
Venue: Siauliu Arena, Siauliai, LTU (hard indoor)
Dovydas Sakinis (LTU) d. Rares
Cuzdriorean
(CYP) 62 62 16 63
Ricardas
Berankis (LTU) d. Petros Chrysochos (CYP) 61 64 60
Petros
Chrysochos/Rares Cuzdriorean (CYP) d. Ricardas Berankis/Lukas Mugevicius (LTU) 75 36 36 64 64
Ricardas
Berankis (LTU) v Rares Cuzdriorean (CYP)
Dovydas Sakinis (LTU) v Petros
Chrysochos
(CYP)
PORTUGAL defeated BENIN 3-0
Venue: Club Internacional de Football, Lisbon, POR (clay indoor)
Joao Sousa
(POR) d. Loic Didavi (BEN) 61 63 60
Pedro Sousa
(POR) d. Alexis Klegou (BEN) 46 61 64 62
Joao
Sousa/Pedro Sousa (POR) d. Loic Didavi/Alexis Klegou (BEN) 62 61 61
Joao Sousa
(POR) v Alexis Klegou (BEN)
Pedro Sousa
(POR) v Loic Didavi (BEN)