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 | Spain led the U.S. Davis Cup9-07-2011 |
The team of Spain took the first two games away from the U.S. in quarter-match World Group Davis Cup is very close to ranking in the semifinals.
The match is played in Austin, Texas and Americans have the advantage to choose the flooring, but this is not helped when Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick were defeated by Feliciano Lopez and David Ferrer.
Fish and Lopez created a real petsetova drama ultimately Spaniard won 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 8-6 in 3 hours and 58 minutes. Then the world No. 6 David Ferrer defeated Roddick 7-6 Annie (9), 7-5, 6-3 and advance to ensure a comfortable Iberians. However, Americans refused to surrender.
"Obviously we have a very difficult task from here. Surely we are not favorites, but we still have not lost "- Roddick said -" We wish we lead 2-0, but still nothing was done. Bob and Mike Bryan are ready to continue the match until Sunday, "said team captain of the American Jim Courier.
U.S. have turned to Davis Cup match of 0:2 by 1934. In the other quarterfinals of the World group already qualified Argentina after having the first three games against Kazakhstan and Serbia and France lead 2-0 with Germany and Sweden.