United States 1, Switzerland 1

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I'm shocked. I guess I shouldn't be, but I am. James Blake needed to dig deeper to win that match. Stanislas Wawrinka, who had to pick today of all days to get his shit together, served well and did what he had to do to frustrate Blake, but that was a winnable match for the American.

And what's with the Swiss fans out-cheering the American fans on homesoil?

Oh, how I wish I could have been there.

UPDATE: Andy saves the day for the USA!

Day 1 Results - World Group

ARGENTINA leads NETHERLANDS 2-0
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)

CZECH REPUBLIC level with FRANCE 1-1
Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Gilles Simon (FRA) 76(3) 46 76(3) 63
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Radek Stepanek (CZE) 75 62 76(1)

SWITZERLAND level with USA 1-1
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. James Blake (USA) 36 64 63 76(3)
Andy Roddick (USA) d. Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) 61 63 76(5)

CROATIA leads CHILE 2-0
Mario Ancic (CRO) d. Nicolas Massu (CHI) 63 63 76(4)
Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Paul Capdeville (CHI) 61 62 61

SWEDEN level with ISRAEL 1-1
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

RUSSIA leads ROMANIA 2-0
Marat Safin (RUS) d. Victor Crivoi (ROU) 76(5) 64 64
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Victor Hanescu (ROU) 64 62 64

GERMANY level with AUSTRIA 1-1
Stefan Koubek (AUT) d. Rainer Schuettler (GER) 64 75 57 62
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 67(4) 46 64 63 63