Surprize de proportii in sferturile Cupei Davis: Rusia, SUA si Argentina au fost eliminate de Israel, Croatia, respectiv Cehia. Singura echipa nationala care si-a respectat blazonul de favorita a fost campioana Spania.

Spania a invins echipa Germaniei, insa abia in meciul decisiv Ferrero a facut 3-2 invingandu-l pe Andreas Beck. Nemtii egalasera prin Philipp Kohlschreiber in meciul 4.

Spania - Germania 3-2

Fernando Verdasco - Andreas Beck 6-0, 3-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-1

Philipp Kohlschreiber - Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Feliciano Lopez / Fernando Verdasco - Nicolas Kiefer / Mischa Zverev 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-3

Fernando Verdasco - Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-8

Juan Carlos Ferrero - Andreas Beck 6-4 6-4 6-4

Croatia - Statele Unite 3-1

Ivo Karlovic - James Blake 6-7 (5-7), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5

Marin Cilic - Mardy Fish 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 8-6

Roko Karanusic/ Lovro Zovrko - Mike Bryan/ Bob Bryan 3-6 1-6 3-6

Marin Cilic - James Blake 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-2

Cehia - Argentina 3-2

Tomas Berdych (Cehia) - Juan Monaco (Argentina) 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) - Ivo Minar (Cehia) 6-1, 6-3, 6-3

Radek Stepanek/ Tomas Berdych - Leonard Mayer/ Jose Acasuso 6-1 6-4 6-3

Tomas Berdych - Juan Martin del Potro 4-6 4-6 4-6

Radek Stepanek - Juan Monaco 7-6 6-3 6-2

Israel - Rusia 3-0

Harel Levy (Israel) - Igor Andreev (Rusia) 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

Dudi Sela (Israel) - Mihail Youzhny (Rusia) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0, 7-5

Jonathan Erlich/ Andy Ram - Marat Safin/ Igor Kunitsyn 6-3 6-4 6-7(3) 4-6 6-4