Surprize de proportii in sferturile Cupei Davis: Rusia, SUA si Argentina au fost eliminate de Israel, Croatia, respectiv Cehia. Singura echipa nationala care si-a respectat blazonul de favorita a fost campioana Spania.
Spania a invins echipa Germaniei, insa abia in meciul decisiv Ferrero a facut 3-2 invingandu-l pe Andreas Beck. Nemtii egalasera prin Philipp Kohlschreiber in meciul 4.
Spania - Germania 3-2
Fernando Verdasco - Andreas Beck 6-0, 3-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-1
Philipp Kohlschreiber - Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Feliciano Lopez / Fernando Verdasco - Nicolas Kiefer / Mischa Zverev 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-3
Fernando Verdasco - Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-8
Juan Carlos Ferrero - Andreas Beck 6-4 6-4 6-4
Croatia - Statele Unite 3-1
Ivo Karlovic - James Blake 6-7 (5-7), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5
Marin Cilic - Mardy Fish 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 8-6
Roko Karanusic/ Lovro Zovrko - Mike Bryan/ Bob Bryan 3-6 1-6 3-6
Marin Cilic - James Blake 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-2
Cehia - Argentina 3-2
Tomas Berdych (Cehia) - Juan Monaco (Argentina) 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) - Ivo Minar (Cehia) 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
Radek Stepanek/ Tomas Berdych - Leonard Mayer/ Jose Acasuso 6-1 6-4 6-3
Tomas Berdych - Juan Martin del Potro 4-6 4-6 4-6
Radek Stepanek - Juan Monaco 7-6 6-3 6-2
Israel - Rusia 3-0
Harel Levy (Israel) - Igor Andreev (Rusia) 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Dudi Sela (Israel) - Mihail Youzhny (Rusia) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0, 7-5
Jonathan Erlich/ Andy Ram - Marat Safin/ Igor Kunitsyn 6-3 6-4 6-7(3) 4-6 6-4 Surprize de proportii in sferturile Cupei Davis: Rusia, SUA si Argentina au fost eliminate de Israel, Croatia, respectiv Cehia. Singura echipa nationala care si-a respectat blazonul de favorita a fost campioana Spania.
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