 Argentina 3rd in Davis Cup rankings February 5, 2013 - 11:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Defending champion the Czech Republic and the U.S. won in the opening round of tennis’s Davis Cup, while 2012 runner-up Spain was ousted by Canada, Bloomberg reported. Tomas Berdych beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) in Geneva to give the Czechs an unassailable 3-1 lead over Switzerland in the best-of five contest. The U.S. beat Brazil 3-2 as Sam Querrey came back from a set down to beat Thiago Alves 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) in Jacksonville. Canada advanced past the opening round for the first time with a 3-2 win over Spain, which was without its top four singles players -- David Ferrer, Rafael Nadal, Nicolas Almagro and Fernando Verdasco. Milos Raonic won his second singles match of the weekend, beating Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in Vancouver as Canada advanced to a home quarterfinal against Italy on April 5-7. Italy was a 3-2 victor over Croatia, while Kazakhstan beat Austria 3-1 in first-round matchups at the top team event in men’s tennis. Serbia, France and Argentina secured quarterfinal spots by taking unassailable leads against Belgium, Israel and Germany, respectively. Partner news  Top stories Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years. Norway will host Chess World Cup 2013 on August 10 - September 4, 2013, with 4 Armenian players to participate in. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is currently 3rd with 4 points, Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov is 7th with 3 points. European Individual Chess Championship ended in Polish town of Legnica, with 24 chess players winning World Cup qualifications.   Partner news |  Latest news "The Fades" actor to star in Ryan Gosling's "How to Catch a Monster"  Centered around a landscape of a disappearing city, the film follows a single mother who finds herself in a gloomy fantasy underworld.Israel calling off UNESCO mission to Jerusalem "Israel has cancelled the delegation," which was due to have arrived the same day, a foreign ministry official said.1st look at Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela in "Long Walk to Freedom" The Golden Globe-winning Luther actor has been paired up with Bond girl Naomie Harris, who will play Winnie Mandela.Dagestan twin blasts leave 3 killed, 40 injured An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years. |
