ATP: Czechs, Spaniards notch wins at World Team event
Dusseldorf, Germany (Sports Network) - The Czech Republic (2-0) and Spain (1-1) were Wednesday's round-robin winners at the ATP World Team Championship.
The Czechs stayed perfect in the "Blue Group" with a 2-1 victory over Belgium (0-2), which has been eliminated from final contention. Tomas Berdych gave the Czechs a Day-4 lead with a 6-3, 6-0 spanking of Olivier Rochus and Jan Hajek clinched the point with a 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 victory over Kristof Vliegen. The Belgians won the meaningless doubles match when their pairing of Rochus and Steve Darcis topped a Czech tandem of Berdych and Martin Damm 6-4, 3-6, 10-7.
The Czechs would land in Saturday's finale with a victory against the host Germans here on Friday.
In other Blue Group action, Spain posted a 2-1 victory against the four-time champion Germans (1-1). David Ferrer gave the Spaniards the lead by handling Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 7-5 and Nicolas Almagro sealed the deal for Spain with a 6-4, 6-4 decision against Florian Mayer. The doubles match saw a German tandem of Michael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske best a Spanish pairing of Almagro and Bartolome Salva-Vidal 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 at Rochusclub.
The Czechs stayed perfect in the "Blue Group" with a 2-1 victory over Belgium (0-2), which has been eliminated from final contention. Tomas Berdych gave the Czechs a Day-4 lead with a 6-3, 6-0 spanking of Olivier Rochus and Jan Hajek clinched the point with a 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 victory over Kristof Vliegen. The Belgians won the meaningless doubles match when their pairing of Rochus and Steve Darcis topped a Czech tandem of Berdych and Martin Damm 6-4, 3-6, 10-7.
The Czechs would land in Saturday's finale with a victory against the host Germans here on Friday.
In other Blue Group action, Spain posted a 2-1 victory against the four-time champion Germans (1-1). David Ferrer gave the Spaniards the lead by handling Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 7-5 and Nicolas Almagro sealed the deal for Spain with a 6-4, 6-4 decision against Florian Mayer. The doubles match saw a German tandem of Michael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske best a Spanish pairing of Almagro and Bartolome Salva-Vidal 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 at Rochusclub.
