© 2013 Daily Tennis News Wire -
Davis Cup by BNP Paribas
World Group, Zone
Group I and Zone Group II first round ties, which took place on 1-3
February.
In
the World Group quarterfinals, Canada will host Italy, USA will host
Serbia,
Argentina will host France and Kazakhstan will host Czech Republic.
Please note the doubles rubber between Tomas Berdych and Lukas Rosol (CZE) and Marco Chiudinelli and Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) lasted 7 hours 1 minute and is the longest Davis Cup match on record (in terms of duration). The previous longest was the fifth rubber of the 1982 World Group quarterfinal between John McEnroe (USA) and Mats Wilander (SWE), which lasted 6 hours 22 minutes.
WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
CANADA
defeated SPAIN 3-2
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
Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez (ESP) d. Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil
(CAN) 46 64
67(4) 63 62
Milos Raonic (CAN) d. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 63 64 62
Albert Ramos (ESP) d. Frank Dancevic (CAN) 75 64
ITALY defeated
CROATIA 3-2
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)
Marin Cilic
(CRO) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 63 63 75
Fabio Fognini
(ITA) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) 46 64 64 64
SERBIA
defeated BELGIUM 3-2
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) d. Boris
Pashanski (SRB) 64 26 62
Steve Darcis (BEL) d. Nenad
Zimonjic (SRB) 62 64
USA defeated
BRAZIL 3-2
Venue:
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL, USA (hard
indoor)
Sam Querrey (USA) d. Thomaz
Bellucci (BRA) 63 64 64
John Isner
(USA) d. 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
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) d. John
Isner (USA) 26 64 67(7) 64 63
Sam Querrey
(USA) d. Thiago
Alves (BRA) 46 63 64 76(3)
FRANCE
defeated ISRAEL 5-0
Venue: Kindarena, Rouen, FRA (hard
indoor)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Amir Weintraub (ISR) 63 63 46 75
Richard
Gasquet (FRA) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 63 62 62
Julien
Benneteau/Michael Llodra (FRA) d. Jonathan
Erlich/Dudi Sela (ISR) 76(3) 61 60
Michael Llodra (FRA) d. Noam Okun (ISR) 63 76(5)
Richard
Gasquet (FRA) d. Amir Weintraub (ISR) 64 63
ARGENTINA
defeated GERMANY 5-0
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) d. Tobias Kamke (GER) 64 76(2)
Carlos Berlocq
(ARG) d. Christopher Kas (GER) 62 64
KAZAKHSTAN
defeated AUSTRIA 3-1
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) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 46 63 64
62
Evgeny Korolev
(KAZ) v Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) not
played
CZECH REPUBLIC
defeated SWITZERLAND 3-2
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
Tomas Berdych
(CZE) d. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 63 64
36 76(5)
Henri
Laaksonen (SUI) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 06 63 61
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I
FIRST ROUND
URUGUAY
defeated DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3-1
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) d. Jose
Hernandez (DOM) 63 36 63 57 62
Martin Cuevas (URU) v Roberto Cid
(DOM)
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
AUSTRALIA
defeated CHINESE TAIPEI 5-0
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
Marinko Matosevic (AUS) d. Chen Ti
(TPE) 76(5) 63
Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Yang
Tsung-Hua (TPE) 61 62
UZBEKISTAN
defeated CHINA, P.R. 4-1
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
Sarvar Ikramov
(UZB) d. Zhang Ze (CHN) 63 75
Wu Di (CHN) d.
Temur Ismailov (UZB) 60 62
KOREA,
REPUBLIC defeated INDIA 4-1
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) d. Lim Yong-Kyu/Nam Ji Sung (KOR) 64 76(5) 62
Jeong Suk-Young (KOR) d. Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 64 64 62
Nam Ji Sung (KOR) d. Vijayant Malik (IND) 62 64
JAPAN defeated
INDONESIA 5-0
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
Yuichi Sugita (JPN) d. Christopher Rungkat (INA) 61 63
Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) d. Wisnu Adi Nugroho (INA) 61 63
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
POLAND
defeated SLOVENIA 3-2
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) d. Grega
Zemlja (SLO) 76(4) 63 63
Tomislav Ternar (SLO) d. Mariusz
Fyrstenberg (POL) 46 75 75
ROMANIA defeated DENMARK 5-0
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
Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau (ROU) d.
Thomas Kromann/Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 76(3) 62 64
Adrian Ungur (ROU) d. Thomas
Kromann (DEN) 63 64
Marius Copil (ROU) d. Christoffer Konigsfeldt (DEN) 64 63
UKRAINE
defeated SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3-2
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) d. Lukas
Lacko (SVK) 36 63 62 61
Illya Marchenko (UKR) d. Andrej
Martin (SVK) 75 76(5) 64
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II FIRST ROUND
MEXICO
defeated PUERTO RICO 4-1
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
Daniel Garza (MEX) d. Alex Llompart
(PUR) 75 63
Christian Garay (PUR) d. Lucas
Gomez (MEX) 63 64
EL SALVADOR defeated BARBADOS 4-1
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
Darian King (BAR) d. Alejandro
Gonzalez (ESA) 61 62
Rafael Arevalo (ESA) d. Seanon
Williams (BAR) 62 62
VENEZUELA
defeated GUATEMALA 3-1
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
Luis David Martinez/David Souto
(VEN) d. Christopher Diaz-Figueroa/Sebastien Vidal (GUA) 75 75 64
Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA) d.
Piero Luisi (VEN) 63 76(6)
Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN) v Andres
Bucaro (GUA)
PERU defeated
HAITI 5-0
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
Sergio Galdos (PER) d. Olivier
Sajous (HAI) 62 36 63
Brian Panta (PER) d. Hillel
Rousseau (HAI) 61 60
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II FIRST ROUND
NEW ZEALAND
defeated LEBANON 5-0
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) d. Michael Massih
(LIB) 60 60
PAKISTAN
defeated SRI LANKA 3-2
Venue: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, SRI (clay outdoor)
Aqeel Khan (PAK) d. Dineshkanthan
Thangarajah (SRI) 46 61 42 ret. (cramping)
Harshana Godamanna (SRI) d. Aisam
Qureshi (PAK) 76(3) 75 76(3)
Aqeel Khan/Aisam Qureshi (PAK) d.
Harshana Godamanna/Rajeev Rajapakse (SRI) 62 67(0) 26 63 62
Harshana Godamanna (SRI) d. Aqeel
Khan (PAK) 64 63 64
Aisam Qureshi (PAK) d.
Dineshkanthan Thangarajah (SRI) 62 36 63 63
THAILAND
defeated KUWAIT 4-1
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)
Danai Udomchoke (THA) d. Abdullah
Maqdas (KUW) 26 30 ret. (left foot)
Pruchya Isaro (THA) d. Nasser Al
Obaidly (KUW) 62 61
PHILIPPINES
defeated SYRIA 3-2
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
Issam Haitham
Taweel (SYR) d. Vicente Elberto Anasta
(PHI) 67(8) 61 64
Marc Abdelnour
(SYR) d. Treat Huey (PHI) 76(2) 62
EUROPE/AFRICA GROUP II FIRST ROUND
FINLAND
defeated BULGARIA 3-2
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) d. Micke
Kontinen (FIN) 60 63 61
Harri Heliovaara (FIN) d. Alexander
Lazov (BUL) 46 76(4) 64 63
IRELAND
defeated ESTONIA 3-2
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
Vladimir Ivanov (EST) d. James
McGee (IRL) 64 63 16 46 61
Sam Barry (IRL) d. Marek Marksoo
(EST) 62 61 63
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) not played (rain)
Slim Hamza (TUN) v Andis Juska
(LAT) not played (rain)
MONACO
defeated BELARUS 3-1
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) d. Uladzimir
Ignatik (BLR) 63 36 76(9) 64
Jean-Rene Lisnard (MON) v Dzmitry
Zhyrmont (BLR) not played
MOLDOVA
defeated HUNGARY 3-2
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
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) d. Radu
Albot (MDA) 16 64 61 61
Maxim Dubarenco (MDA) d. Viktor
Filipenko (HUN) 46 63 64 76(4)
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA
defeated LUXEMBOURG 4-1
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
Ugo Nastasi (LUX) d. Nerman Fatic
(BIH) 46 64 61
Aldin Setkic (BIH) d. Laurent Bram
(LUX) 63 61
LITHUANIA
defeated CYPRUS 4-1
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) d. Soteris
Hadjistyllis (CYP) 63 62 61
Lukas
Mugevicius (LTU) d. Christos
Hadjigeorgiou (CYP) 63 63
PORTUGAL
defeated BENIN 5-0
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
Rui Machado (POR) d. Alexis Klegou
(BEN) 26 62 60
Andre Gaspar Murta (POR) d. Tunde
Segodo (BEN) 61 62