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Roddick, Sampras give U.S. the lead
OKLAHOMA CITY, FEB. 9. Using a combination of youth and guile, the United States rode gutsy performances from Andy Roddick and Pete Sampras to forge a 2-0 lead over Slovakia in their first round Davis Cup tie. Sampras was forced to battle hard to overcome Karol Beck 6- 3, 6-7, 6-1, 7-5 in the opening rubber on Saturday.
Other results:
At Metz: France leads Netherlands 2-0. Sebastien Grosjean bt Edwin Kempes 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-2; Arnaud Clement bt Sjeng Schalken 7-5, 2-6, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2.
At Birmingham: Britain tied with Sweden 1-1. Tim Henman bt Jonas Bjorkman 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5; Thomas Enqvist bt Greg Rusedski 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-2.
At Moscow: Russia tied with Switzerland 1-1. Roger Federer bt Marat Safin 7-5, 6-1, 6-2; Yevgeny Kafelnikov bt Michel Kratochvil 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
At Zaragoza: Spain tied with Morocco 1- 1. Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Hicham Arazi 6-3, 6-1, 6-2; Younes El Aynaoui bt Alex Corretja 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.
At Zagreb: Croatia tied with Germany 1- 1. Rainer Schuettler bt Ivan Ljubicic 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-3, 7-6 (5); Goran Ivanisevic bt Nicolas Kiefer 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4.
At Ostrava: Czech Republic leads Brazil 2-0. Jiri Novak bt Andre Sa 6-7 (8-10), 6-1, 6-1, 6-4; Bohdan Ulihrach bt Fernando Meligeni 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
At Buenos Aires: Argentina leads Australia 2-0. Guillermo Canas bt Scott Draper 6-4, 6-7, (4), 5- 7, 6-4, 6-1; Gaston Gaudio bt Andrew Illie 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.
At St. Anton (Austria): Austria leads Israel 2-0. Stefan Koubek bt Amid Hadad 6-1, 6-3, 7-6(2); Markus Hipfl bt Noam Okun 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
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