Archive for the ‘Davis Cup’ Category
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New stars emerge following Davis Cup day 3 action
Monday, February 12th, 2007
In Chile the home team faced defending champs Russia. Following a comfortable straight sets win by Fernando Gonzalez over Marat Safin 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 the tie was locked up at 2 rubbers each. Many expected Chile would complete a remarkable comeback coming from being 2-0 down entering day 2, however someone forgot to tell Igor [...]
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Davis Cup Day 2 wrapup
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
For the first time in 27 years of Davis Cup World Group all teams are a chance to advance to the second round. Day two Davis Cup action was highlighted by two epic doubles matches involving Spain/Switzerland and France/Romania. Both matches were decided in the fifth set and lasted close to five hours.
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Andreev stuns Gonzalez in Chile
Saturday, February 10th, 2007
Chile faces an uphill battle to overcome defending cup champions Russia following the sensational upset of Fernando Gonzalez by Igor Andreev. The final score was 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. This win put Russia 2-0 up following the earlier victory by Marat Safin over Nicolas Massu, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Chile is now forced to win the [...]
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Davis cup action starts today
Friday, February 9th, 2007
The Davis Cup serves up first round action this weekend. In world group first round ties there are 8 match ups. In my view the most interesting tie is between cup holders Russia and Chile in Chile. Following the injury withdrawal of Dmitry Tursunov Russia will struggle to make it past the first round. Chile [...]