Davis Cup World Group First Round April 3-6, 1998 Draw Sweden------------ Sweden 3-2------- Slovak Republic--- | ---------------- Germany----------- | | Germany 5-0------ | South Africa------ | ---------------- Spain------------- | | Spain 3-2-------- | | Brazil------------ | | | ---------------- | Czech Republic---- | | Switzerland 3-2-- | Switzerland------- | ------------------ India------------- | Italy 4-1-------- | Italy------------- | | ---------------- | Zimbabwe---------- | | | Zimbabwe 3-2----- | | Australia--------- | | ---------------- Belgium----------- | Belgium 3-2------ | Netherlands------- | | ---------------- Russia------------ | USA 3-2---------- United States----- Slovakia vs Sweden at Bratislava, Slovak Republic (Sweden wins series 3-2) Friday's singles: Dominik Hrbaty, Slovkia def. Magnus Norman, Sweden, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Karol Kucera, Slovakia def. Mikael Tillstrom, Sweden, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 Saturday's doubles: Magnus Larsson/Michael Tillstrom, Sweden, def. Martin Hromec/Jan Kroslak, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 Sunday's singles: Magnus Norman def. Karol Kucera, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Mikael Tillstrom def. Dominik Hrbaty, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 Germany vs. South Africa at Bremen, Germany (Germany wins series 5-0) Friday's singles: Nicolas Kiefer, Germany def. Grant Stafford, South Africa, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 Tommy Haas, Germany def. Wayne Ferreira, South Africa, 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Saturday's doubles: Boris Becker/David Prinosil, Germany, def. David Adams/Ellis Ferreira, South Africa, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Sunday's singles: David Prinosil def. Wayne Ferreira, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 Tommy Haas def. Grant Stafford, 6-1, 7-6 Brazil vs. Spain at Porto Alegre, Brazil (Spain wins series 3-2) Friday's singles: Gustavo Kuerten, Brazil def. Carlos Moya, Spain, 5-7, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Alex Corretja, Spain, def. Fernando Meligeni, Brazil, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 Saturday's doubles: Kuerten/Jaime Oncins, Brazil def. Corretja/Javier Sanchez, Spain, 6-1, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 Sunday's reverse singles: Corretja def. Kuerten, 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 Moya def. Meligeni, 7-6, 2-6, 2-6 Switzerland vs. Czech Republic at Zurich, Switzerland (Switzerland wins series 3-2) Friday's singles: Bohdan Ulirach, Czech Republic def. Ivo Heuberger , Switzerland, 6-7 (7-9), 6-0, 7-5, 6-2 Marc Rosset, Switzerland def. Daniel Vacek, Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0 Saturday's doubles: Rosset/Lorenzo Manta, Switzerland def. Martin Damm/Jiri Novak, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 Sunday's singles: Rosset def. Ulirach, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 Damm def. Heuberger, 7-6, 5-7, 7-6 Italy vs. India at Genova, Italy (Italy wins series 4-1) Friday's singles: Andrea Gaudenzi, Italy def. Prahland Srinath, India, 6-0, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 Saturday's singles Mahesh Bhupathi, India def. Davide Sanguinetti, Italy, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Saturday's doubles Diego Nargiso/Gaudenzi, Italy def. Bhupathi/Fazaluddin Syed, India, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Sunday's singles Gaudenzi def. Bhupathi, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 Sanguinetti def. Prahiad, 6-2, 6-3 Australia vs. Zimbabwe at Mildura, Australia (Zimbabwe wins series 3-2) Friday's singles: Jason Stoltenberg, Australia def. Wayne Black, Zimbabwe, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 Byron Black, Zimbabwe def. Patrick Rafter, Australia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7-0) Saturday's doubles: Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde, Australia, def. Wayne Black/Byron Black, Zimbabwe, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 Sunday's singles: Byron Black def. Jason Stoltenberg, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Wayne Black def. Mark Woodforde, 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 Belgium vs. Netherlands at Brussels, Belgium (Belgium wins series 3-2) Friday's singles: Jan Siemerink, Netherlands def. Johan Van Herck, Belgium, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 Saturday's singles: Filip Dewulf, Belgium def. Sjeng Schalken, Netherlands, 7-5, 6-2, 7-5 Sunday's doubles: Jacco Eltingh/Jan Siemerink, Netherlands, def. Libor Pimek/Filip Dewulf, Belgium, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 Sunday's singles: Dewulf def. Siemerink, 6-4, 6-0, 6-4 Van Garsse leads Schalken, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3 United States vs. Russia at Stone Mountain, USA (USA wins series 3-2) Saturday's Singles Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, def. Jim Courier, United States, 6-2, 5-7, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 6-4 Andre Agassi, United States, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 Sunday's doubles: Todd Martin/Richey Reneberg def. Kafelnikov/Andrei Olhovskiy, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 Monday's Reverse Singles Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, def. Andre Agassi, United States, 6-3, 6-0, 7-6 (7-3) Jim Courier, United States, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 0-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Results from this week Euro/African Zone Group I Second Round France defeated Finland - 4 - 1 in Helsinki, Finland Guillaume Raoux (FRA) d Tuomas Ketola (FIN) 61 61 61 Cedric Pioline (FRA ) d Ville Liukko (FIN) 63 75 75 Nicolas Escude/Guillaume Raoux (FRA) d Tuomas Ketola/Tommi Lenho (FIN) 75 46 76(1) 62 Jerome Golmard (FRA) d Tapio Nurminen (FIN) 76(4) 64 Tommi Lenho (FIN) d Guillaume Raoux (FRA) 63 64 Romania defeated Norway - 4 - 1 in Bucharest, Romania Dinu Pescariu (ROM) d Jan Frode Andersen (NOR) 76(2) 64 64 Andrei Pavel (ROM) d Christian Ruud (NOR) 62 62 62 Andrei Pavel/Gabriel Trifu (ROM) d Lars Hjarrand/Helge Koll (NOR) 63 62 62 Christian Ruud (NOR) d Dinu Pescariu (ROM) 64 46 64 Andrei Pavel (ROM) d Jan Frode Andersen (NOR) 64 64 Israel defeated Austria - 4 - 1 in Ramat Hasharon, Israel Eyal Erlich (ISR) d Gerald Mandl (AUT) 61 76(4) 75 Amir Hadad (ISR) d Stefan Koubek (AUT) 76(5) 64 63 Noam Behr/Eyal Erlich(ISR) d Thomas Buchmayer/Wolfgang Schranz (AUT) 64 76(3) 46 16 64 Noam Behr (ISR) d Stefan Koubek (AUT) 76(3) 61 Wolfgang Schranz (AUT) d Amir Hadad (ISR) 64 57 63 Great Britain defeated Ukraine - 5 - 0 in Newcastle, Great Britain Greg Rusedski (GBR) d Andrei Rybalko (UKR) 64 60 64 Tim Henman (GBR) d Andrei Medvedev (UKR) 62 67(4) 64 16 61 Tim Henman/Greg Rusedski (GBR) d Andrei Medvedev/Andrei Rybalko (UKR) 64 75 76(9) Greg Rusedski (GBR) d Andrei Medvedev (UKR) 61 64 Tim Henman (GBR) d Andrei Rybalko (UKR) 61 26 62 American Zone Group I Second Round Argentina defeated Chile - 4 - 1 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Marcelo Rios (CHI ) d Hernan Gumy (ARG) 64 36 63 75 Franco Squillari (ARG) d Hermes Gamonal (CHI) 62 64 62 Lucas Arnold/Luis Lobo (ARG) d Nicolas Massu/Marcelo Rios (CHI) 75 63 63 Franco Squillari (ARG) d Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 63 46 62 60 Hernan Gumy (ARG) d Hermes Gamonal (CHI) 75 61 Ecuador defeated Canada - 3 - 2 in Guayaquil, Ecuador Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) d Sebastien Lareau (CAN) 62 63 06 63 Luis Morejon (ECU) d Daniel Nestor (CAN) 62 36 75 62 Sebastien Lareau/Daniel Nestor (CAN) d Andres Gomez/Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 46 64 62 63 Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) d Daniel Nestor (CAN) 61 75 62 Jocelyn Robichaud (CAN) d Giovanni Lapentti (ECU) 63 76(2) Asia-Oceania Zone Group I Second Round Japan defeated New Zealand - 3 - 2 in Miyazaki City, Japan Gouichi Motomura (JPN) d. Teo Susnjak (NZL) 60 60 60 Takao Suzuki (JPN) d. Brett Steven (NZL) 76(4) 76(5) 75 James Greenhalgh/Brett Steven (NZL) d Satoshi Iwabuchi/Takao Suzuki (JPN) 46 63 64 63 Brett Steven (NZL) d Gouichi Motomura (JPN) 36 62 36 63 64 Takao Suzuki (JPN) d Teo Susnjak (NZL) 64 67(5) 64 61 Uzbekistan defeated Korea - 3 - 1 in Seoul, Korea Vadim Kutsenko (UZB) d Yong-il Yoon (KOR) 46 64 64 62 Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) d Oleg Ogorodov (UZB) 75 62 64 Oleg Ogorodov/Dmitri Tomashevich (UZB) d Dong-Hyun Kim/Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) 62 46 63 76(2) Oleg Ogorodov (UZB) d Yong-il Yoon (KOR) 64 67(4) 64 76(2) Yung-Taik Lee (KOR) vs Vadim Kutsenko (UZB) - not played American Zone Group II First Round Venezuela defeated Guatemala - 4 - 1 in Caracas, Venezuela Jimy Szymanski (VEN) d Luiz Perez-Chete (GUA) 60 63 64 Kepler Orellana (VEN) d Jacobo Chavez (GUA) 63 63 64 Kepler Orellana/Jimy Szymanski (VEN) d Daniel Chavez/Luis Valencia (GUA) 64 62 62 Jose de Armas (VEN) d Jacobo Chavez (GUA) 62 60 Luis Perez-Chete (GUA) d Ricardo Omana (VEN) 76(4) 64 Haiti defeated Cuba - 3 - 2 in Port-au-Prince, Cuba Ronald Agenor (HAI) d Armando Perez (CUB) 62 62 60 Lazaro Navarro (CUB) d Bertrand Madsen (HAI) 76(5) 67(4) 64 46 63 Lazaro Navarro/Juan Pino (CUB) d Ronald Agenor/Jerry Joseph (HAI) 64 63 26 64 Ronald Agenor (HAI) d Lazaro Navarro (CUB) 62 61 64 Bertrand Madsen (HAI) d Armando Perez (CUB) 63 46 62 62 Peru defeated Jamaica - 5 - 0 in Lima, Peru Luis Horna (PER) d Jermaine Smith (JAM) 61 62 76(6) Alejandro Aramburu (PER) d Karl Hale (JAM) 64 62 36 63 Luis Horna/Americo Venero (PER) d Karl Hale/Nicholas Malcolm (JAM) 61 63 63 Alejandro Aramburu (PER) vs Jermaine Smith (JAM) Ivan Miranda (PER) d Jessi Smatt (JAM) 63 61 Uruguay defeated Paraguay - 3 - 2 in Montevideo, Uruguay Ramon Delgado (PAR) d Federico Dondo (URU) 60 63 61 Marcelo Filippini (URU) d Ricardo Mena (PAR) 62 61 46 61 Marcelo Filippini/Gonzalo Rodriguez (URU) d Ramon Delgado/Ricardo Mena (PAR) 63 63 16 76(6) Ramon Delgado (PAR) d Marcelo Filippini (URU) 75 36 75 67(2) 62 Federico Dondo (URU) d Ricardo Mena (PAR) 67(6) 64 62 76(6) Asia-Oceania Zone Group II First Round Thailand defeated Philippines - 4 - 1 in Manila, Philippines Paradorn Srichaphan (THA) d. Adelo Abadia (PHI) 61 64 16 64 75 Joseph Lizardo (PHI) d. Narathorn Srichaphan (THA) 36 62 36 76(2) 64 Wittaya Samrej/Danai Udomchoke (THA) d Robert Angelo/Bryan Juino (PHI) 16 64 64 64 Paradorn Srichaphan (THA) d Joseph Lizardo (PHI) 62 36 76(5) 64 Narathorn Srichaphan (THA) d Adelo Abadia (PHI) 64 26 64 Chinese Taipei defeated China Hong Kong - 3 - 2 in I-Lan City, Chinese Taipei Chia-Yen Tsai (TPE) d. Christopher Lai (HKG) 62 63 63 Melvin Tong (HKG) d. Chih-Jung Chen (TPE) 26 61 64 26 86 Bing-Chao Lin/Chih-Jung Chen (TPE) d Christopher Lai/Stephen So (HKG) 63 61 61 Melvin Tong (HKG d Chia-Yen Tsai (TPE) 67(4) 64 61 60 Chih-Jung Chen (TPE) d Christopher Lai (HKG) 64 62 60 Pakistan defeated Pacific Oceania - 5 - 0 in Islamabad, Pakistan Asim Shafik (PAK) d. Lency Tenai (POC) 60 61 60 Mohammad Khaliq (PAK) d. Lawrence Tere (POC) 61 75 61 Mohammad Khaliq/Asam Shafik (PAK) d Lawrence Tere/Sanjeev Tikaram (POC) 75 64 62 Aqeel Khan (PAK) d Sanjeev Tikaram (POC) 61 63 Nasser Shirazi (PAK) d Lawrence Tere (POC) 63 64