Roddick gives US the lead; Ferrer, Soderling win
American Andy Roddick kept doing what he has done best for the American Davis Cup team, win! He has now won eight consecutive Davis Cup matches, and hasn’t lost since the semifinals in 2006. Today he defeated Michael Llodra 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(5) to give the Americans a 1-0 lead.
James Blake will now take the court against Paul-Henri Mathieu in the second match of the day. Blake is 1-0 against Mathieu in his career, with that win coming last year at New Haven. If Blake could get this victory, that would put the US right where they want to be. Up 2-0 with the best doubles team in the world, the Bryan brothers, playing tomorrow. This has been the US team’s winning recipe for the last couple of years.
In other Davis Cup action, the Spanish team has gone up 2-0 on Germany. After Nadal won the opener against Nicolas Kiefer, David Ferrer came from behind to beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Things are looking very good for Spain.
Finally, Robin Soderling got Sweden on the board with a 6-0, 6-4, 6-1 trouncing of Jose Acasuso of Argentina. That tie is now even at 1-1 because David Nalbandian won the first match against Thomas Johanasson. It was an interesting decision to go with Acasuso over the higher ranked Guillermo Canas and Juan Monaco, and it didn’t pay off. It wouldn’t surprise me to see Canas or Monaco playing one of the reverse singles matches on Sunday.
Okay so to recap:
- USA is up 1-0 on France
- Russia and the Czech Republic are even at 1-1
- Argentina and Sweden are even at 1-1
- Spain is up 2-0 on Germany
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