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The Juans put Argentina up 2-0.


Mario and Marin celebrate Croatia's 2-0 lead.

Croatia vs. Chile
R1 – Mario Ancic (CRO) def. Nicolas Massu (CHI) 6-3 6-3 7-6(4)
R2 – Marin Cilic (CRO) def. Paul Capdeville (CHI) 6-1 6-2 6-1
Argentina vs. Netherlands
R1 - Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) def. Jesse Huta Galung (NED) 6-2 2-6 6-2 6-7(4) 6-2
R2 – Juan Monaco (ARG) def. Thiemo De Bakker (NED) 6-1 6-2 7-6(1)
Germany vs. Austria
R1 –. Stefan Koubek (AUT) def.
Rainer Schuettler (GER) 6-4 7-5 5-7 6-2
R2 – Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) def. Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
6-7(4) 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3
Czech Republic vs. France
R1 – Tomas Berdych (CZE) def. Gilles Simon (FRA) 7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(2) 6-3
R2 – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) def.
Radek Stepanek (CZE) 7-5 6-2 7-6(1)
Romania vs. Russia
R1 – Marat Safin (RUS) def. V
ictor Crivoi (ROU) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4
R2 – Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) def.
Victor Hanescu (ROU) 6-4 6-2 6-4
U.S.A vs. Switzerland
R1 – Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) def. James Blake (USA)3-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(3)
R2 – Andy Roddick (USA) def. Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) 6-1 6-3 7-6(5)
Sweden vs. Isreal
R1 – Thomas Johansson (SWE) def. Harel Levy (ISR) 6-7(3) 6-4 7-5 4-6 8-6
R2 – Dudi Sela (ISR) def. Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 11-9

(images: Sergio Llamera, Paul Zimmer)

3 comments

Anonymous said... @ March 6, 2009 at 10:42 PM

Croatia all the way!!!!!

John said... @ March 6, 2009 at 10:56 PM

Superb start from Argentina. I did expect a 2-0 lead from them. But never did I thought that guy Galung had some surprises under his sleeves. It was only then the experience that Chela had the edge from the game. Monaco was simply a class above compare to his opponent. I’m happy to see both players making a triumphant return to the team.

Hopefully our doubles can get the job done in Day 2. So do you think the Dutch can make a remarkable comeback in this tie? After all this is the Davis Cup where anything is possible.

http://mundoalbiceleste.blogspot.com/2009/03/chela-pico-gives-argentina-2-0-lead.html

Denise said... @ March 7, 2009 at 3:31 PM

Argentina all the way. They are too deep for the Netherlands. Jesse is an up-and-comer, so I am sure he will give Argentina trouble in the future.

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