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Jim Courier, John Isner, Andy Roddick, Bob and Mike Bryan of the U.S Davis Cup team pose after beating Chile's team during their Davis Cup tennis match in Santiago March 6, 2011.
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World Group First Round
SERBIA defeats INDIA 4-1
Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad, SRB (hard – indoors)
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Viktor Troicki of Serbia reacts after beating Somdev Devvarman of India during their Davis Cup World Group first round tennis match on March 6, 2011, in Novi Sad.
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Viktor Troicki (SRB) d. Rohan Bopanna (IND) 63 63 57 36 63
Somdev Devvarman (IND) d. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 75 75 76(3)
Ilija Bozoljac/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d. Rohan Bopanna/Somdev Devvarman (IND) 46 63 64 76(10)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) d. Somdev Devvarman (IND) 64 62 75
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) d. Leander Paes (IND) 60 61
SWEDEN defeats RUSSIA 3-2
Venue: Borashallen, Boras, SWE (hard – indoors)
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Sweden's Robert Lindstedt reacts during his Davis Cup first round doubles match with Simon Aspelin (R) against Russia's Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov at the Borashallen stadium in Boras, east of Gothenburg on March 5, 2011.
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Robin Soderling (SWE) d. Igor Andreev (RUS) 63 63 61
Joachim Johansson (SWE) d. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 63 76(4) 64 *
Simon Aspelin/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) d. Igor Kunitsyn/Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 64 67(6) 76(6) 62
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) d Simon Aspelin (SWE) 75 62
Igor Andreev (RUS) d. Joachim Johansson (SWE) 76(8) 64
*This is Johansson's first high-level match in a year, coming out of retirement for a third (?) time.
KAZAKHSTAN defeats CZECH REPUBLIC 3-2 *
Venue: CZE Arena, Ostrava, CZE (hard – indoors)
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Andrey Golubev (KAZ) d. Jan Hajek (CZE) 76(4) 67(3) 16 76(4) 63
Tomas Berdych (CZE) d Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 76(5) 62 63
Tomas Berdych/Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) d. Yuriy Schukin/Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) 64 64 76(4)
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) d. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 75 57 64 62
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) d. Jan Hajek (CZE) 64 67(4) 76(8) 60
*This is Kazakhstan's World Group debut.
ARGENTINA defeats ROMANIA 4-1
Venue: Parque Roca, Buenos Aires, ARG (clay – outdoors)
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Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela (L) and Eduardo Schwank celebrate after winning their Davis Cup doubles tennis match against Romania's Victor Hanescu and Horia Tecau in Buenos Aires March 5, 2011.
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David Nalbandian (ARG) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) 63 62 57 64
Juan Monaco (ARG) d. Victor Hanescu (ROU) 76(5) 16 61 61
Juan Ignacio Chela/Eduardo Schwank (ARG) d. Victor Hanescu/Horia Tecau (ROU) 62 76(8) 61
Eduardo Schwank (ARG) d. Victor Hanescu (ROU) 76(3) 62
Juan Monaco (ARG) v Adrian Ungur (ROU)
USA defeats CHILE 4-1
Venue: Estadio Nacional, Santiago, CHI (clay – outdoors)
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Andy Roddick of the U.S shakes hand after beating Chile's Paul Capdeville in their Davis Cup tennis match in Santiago March 6, 2011.
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Andy Roddick (USA) d. Nicolas Massu (CHI) 62 46 63 64 *
Paul Capdeville (CHI) d. John Isner (USA) 67(5) 67(2) 76(3) 76(5) 64
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) d. Jorge Aguilar/Nicolas Massu (CHI) 63 63 76(4)
Andy Roddick (USA) d. Paul Capdeville (CHI) 36 76(2) 63 64**
John Isner (USA) d. Guillermo Rivera-Aranguiz (CHI) 63 67(4) 75
*Coming into this tie, Roddick held a 1-3 career head-to-head against Massu, though they haven't played since 2006. This is his first victory over Massu on clay in three tries. Roddick's only victory over Massu? A Davis Cup rubber on grass in the United States back in 2006, the last year they played.
**Roddick's ninth consecutive Davis Cup victory when playing a rubber to close out a tie.
SPAIN defeats BELGIUM 4-1
Venue: Spiroudome, Charleroi, BEL (hard – indoors)
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Feliciano Lopez celebrate with Spain's Davis Cup team members after he and Fernando Verdasco won their Davis Cup World Group, first round tennis match against Belgium's Olivier Rochus and Steve Darcis in Charleroi, Belgium, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Spain leads after 2 days with 3-0 and qualifies for the next round.
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Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d. Xavier Malisse (BEL) 64 63 61
Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 62 64 62
Feliciano Lopez/Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d. Xavier Malisse/Olivier Rochus (BEL) 76(0) 64 63
Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Olivier Rochus 64 62
Steve Darcis (BEL) d. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 67(4) 76(6) 76(3)
GERMANY defeats CROATIA 3-2
Venue: Dom Sportova, Zagreb, CRO (hard – indoors)
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Germany's Davis Cup team celebrate after defeating Croatia at the Davis Cup World Group first round match in Zagreb March 6, 2011.
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Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Florian Mayer (GER) 46 60 46 63 61
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) 64 36 36 76(6) 64
Christopher Kas/Philipp Petzschner (GER) d. Ivan Dodig/Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 63 36 75 36 64
Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 62 63 76(6)
Philipp Petzchner (GER) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 64 76(3) 76(5)
FRANCE defeats AUSTRIA 3-2
Venue: Vienna Airport Hangar 3, Vienna, AUT (clay – indoors)
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Jeremy Chardy of France returns a shot to Austrian Martin Fischer during their Davis Cup first round match at the Schvechat airport hangar, 3,20 km east from Vienna, on March 6, 2011.
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Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 75 64 75
Gilles Simon (FRA) d. Stefan Koubek (AUT) 60 62 63
Oliver Marach/Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Julien Benneteau/Michael Llodra (FRA) 64 36 63 64
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Gilles Simon (FRA) 76(7) 36 16 64 60
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d. Martin Fischer (AUT) 26 76(4) 63 63
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