Day 1 at the Davis Cup

First Round Line Up

ARGENTINA 2 NETHERLANDS 0
Estadio Parque Roca, Buenos Aires (clay – outdoors)
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) d Jesse Huta Galung (NED) 62 26 62 67(4) 62
Juan Monaco (ARG) d Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 61 62 76(1)
Lucas Arnold-Ker/Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) v Jesse Huta Galung/Rogier Wassen (NED)
Juan Monaco (ARG) v Jesse Huta Galung (NED)
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) v Thiemo de Bakker (NED)


CZECH REPUBLIC 1 FRANCE 1
CEZ Arena, Ostrava (carpet - indoors)
Tomas Berdych (CZE) d Gilles Simon (FRA) 76(3) 46 76(2)63
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d Radek Stepanek (CZE) 75 62 76(1)
Lukas Dlouhy/Jan Hernych (CZE) v Richard Gasquet/Michael Llodra (FRA)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) v Gilles Simon (FRA)
Tomas Berdych (CZE) v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)


SWITZERLAND 1 UNITED STATES 1
Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Arena, Birmingham, AL (hard – indoors)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d James Blake (USA) 36 64 63 76(3)
Andy Roddick (USA) d Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) 61 63 76(5)
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) v Yves Allegro/Stanislas Wawrinka
Andy Roddick (USA) v Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
James Blake (USA) v Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)


CROATIA 2 CHILE 0
Visenamjenska Sportska Dvorana “Zatika”, Porec (hard – indoors)
Mario Ancic (CRO) d Nicolas Massu (CHI) 63 63 76(4)
Marin Cilic (CRO) d Paul Capdeville (CHI) 61 62 61
Mario Ancic/Marin Cilic (CRO) v Paul Capdeville/Nicolas Massu (CHI)
Marin Cilic (CRO) v Nicolas Massu (CHI)
Mario Ancic (CRO) v Paul Capdeville (CHI)


SWEDEN 1 ISRAEL 1
The Baltic Hall, Malmo (carpet – indoors)
Thomas Johansson (SWE) d Harel Levy (ISR) 67(3) 64 75 46 86
Dudi Sela (ISR) d Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) 46 63 36 63 11-9 
Simon Aspelin/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) v. Amir Hadad/Andy Ram (ISR)
Thomas Johansson (SWE) v Dudi Sela (ISR)
Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) v Harel Levy (ISR)


RUSSIA 2 ROMANIA 0 
Sala Transilvania, Sibiu (carpet – indoors)
Marat Safin (RUS) d Victor Crivoi (ROU) 76(5) 64 64
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d Victor Hanescu (ROU) 64 62 64
Marius Copil/Horia Tecau (ROU) v Teimuraz Gabashvili/Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
Victor Hanescu (ROU) v Marat Safin (RUS)
Victor Crivoi (ROU) v Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)


AUSTRIA 1 GERMANY 1
Olympia Eissport Zentrum, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (hard – indoors) 
Stefan Koubek (AUT) d Rainer Schuettler (GER) 64 75 57 62
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 67(4) 46 64 63 63
Christophe Kas/Nicolas Kiefer (GER) v Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Rainer Schuettler (GER) v Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) v Stefan Koubek (AUT)


SPAIN vs SERBIA - Tie postponed due to storm damage at stadium
Parque Tematico Tierra Mitica, Benidorm (clay – outdoors)
David Ferrer (ESP) v Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Rafael Nadal (ESP) v Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
Feliciano Lopez/Tommy Robredo (ESP) v Novak Djokovic/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
Rafael Nadal (ESP) v Novak Djokovic (SRB)
David Ferrer (ESP) v Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

Spain vs Serbia tie delayed for Day 1

The first day of play for the Spain vs Serbia tie was postponed after strong winds damaged the purpose-built stadium in Benidorm, Spain.

Gusts of wind blew off some rows of seats and affected the stability of the whole stadium which seats 16,000 spectators. A decision will be made soon on whether the tie can be pushed back one day and be played from Saturday to Monday.

Nalbandian out with virus

David Nalbandian of Argentina will not be taking part in this week's Davis Cup because of a viral infection.

Nalbandian was bothered by the infection at last month's Mexican Open, in which he lost to Daniel Koellerer of Austria in the first round. Juan Martin del Potro could be Nalbandian's replacement this weekend in a tie against the Netherlands.

Argentina's Davis Cup captain Modesto Vasquez stated "Nalbandian is not in physical condition to play".

Murray out of Davis Cup

Andy Murray has announced that he will not be taking part in the Great Britain vs Ukraine match because of a lingering virus.

Murray said that he hasn't recovered from the virus which caused him to pull out of the Dubai Championships last week, stating "Obviously, I'm very disappointed that I won't be playing in Glasgow this week, but the doctor has told me that I need complete rest for at least seven days, and I have to respect that," said Murray, who has won ATP titles in Doha and Rotterdam this season.

"I hoped that pulling out of Dubai when I did would give me enough time to recover, but this virus has hit me harder than any illness I've had before and I still feel terrible."

No statement has been released yet about who should replace Murray.

Fish wins Delray title

Mardy Fish triumphed today at the Delray Beach Championships by beating Russian Evgeny Korolev. This win for Fish marks the first time in the 17 year history of the tournament, that the top seed won the title. Fish won with a score of 75 63.

"Today was one of those matches where you just want to get off the court with a win," Fish said. "It was like I don't care what the score is, I don't care what it looks like, I just want to get off this court with a win."

"I'm happy to win this tournament. I love coming down here and my family were able to be here -- my mom, my dad and my sister -- they're never able to travel. And it was nice to have [my wife] see how it feels for me to win it."