USA Advances To Davis Cup Quarterfinals

Bob and Mike Bryan have clenched a quartefinal birth for the defending champions with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 rout over Austria's Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer.

The win sets up a mouth-watering, blockbuster home tie against France in April in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Team USA won their quarterfinal against Spain in Winston-Salem last spring.

If everyone is healthy, I expect France to field the same team they beat Romania with: Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet, and reigning Wimbledon doubles champs Arnaud Clement and Micheal Llodra.

I'll be there.

Go, USA!

Random Stats

Andy Roddick's win yesterday gives him 27 singles victories in Davis Cup, moving him into third place on the all-time American list. He is now tied with the great Arthur Ashe.

The Bryans, with their fourteenth victory, are now tied for first place with John McEnroe and Peter Fleming.

Scoreboard

CZECH REPUBLIC defeats BELGIUM 3-0
Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek (CZE) d Kristof Vliegen/Olivier Rochus (BEL) 67(2) 76(6) 75 57 64

ARGENTINA defeats GREAT BRITAIN 3-0
Jose Acasuso/David Nalbandian (ARG) d Ross Hutchins/Jamie Murray (GBR)
62 76(11) 60

SPAIN defeats 3-0
Feliciano Lopez/Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d Luis Horna/Ivan Miranda (PER) 63 64

FRANCE defeats ROMANIA 3-0
Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra (FRA) d Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau (ROM) 63 64 67(6) 36 62

RUSSIA leads SERBIA 2-1
Novak Djokovic/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d Mikhail Youzhny/Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 63 76(6) 76(5)

ISRAEL leads SWEDEN 2-1
Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (ISR) d Simon Aspelin/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 63 76(3) 75

GERMANY leads SOUTH KOREA 2-1
Philipp Kohlschreiber/Philipp Petzschner (GER) d Woong-Sun Jun/Jae-Sung An (KOR) 61 63 63