France defeats Argentina 5-0
4. Gilles Simon d Eduardo Schwank - 76(5) 67(6) 63
5. Arnaud Clement d Horacio Zeballos - 75 61
The weekend didn't just belong to Llodra - Clement won two matches too.
The French team will now be going to their 10th DC title - in France.
Their last title came in 2001 defeating Australia at Melbourne Park.
Common denominator: Arnaud Clement was part of that '01 team.
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Serbia defeated Czech Republic 3-2
4. Novak Djokovic d Tomas Berdych - 46 63 62 64
5. Janko Tipsaveric d Radek Stepanek - 60 76(6) 64
Nice come from behind win for Serbia - dinner at Novak's!
This would be a great way to cap Novak's year - with a DC title.
I do love this photo of him:
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USA defeated Colombia 3-1
4 Mardy Fish d Santiago Giraldo - 36 63 75 46 86
This keeps the US in the World Group for the Cup in 2011.
It also allows Patrick McEnroe to step down with a win.
Mardy is the first USplayer to win 3 matches since Pete Sampras in '95.
Not surprising -the Bryan Bros kept Roddick & Blake to singles for 10 years.
Photos: AP/Getty Images/Reuters
Check out Mardy's bloodied right knee.
He has really toughened up: 3 five-set matches in 3 days on clay, at that altitude, away...
Posted by: bibi | 09/19/2010 at 08:10 PM