The rival of the Russian national team in the semifinals of the Davis Cup became the Argentina team

The Argentinean team became an opponent of Russians in the semifinals of the Davis Cup after I defeated the Croatian team in the quarterfinals with a score of 3: 2. The decisive word "said" Gaston Gaudio, who beat Ivo Karlovich in the last match.

After the first two matches, the Argentine team led 2-0 in the score, and the fans had already begun to celebrate the victory. At first, Gaston Gaudio dealt with Ivan Lyubichich, and then Juan Ignasio Chela beat Ivo Karlovich. However, then the Croats intercepted the initiative. In the steam duel, Goran Ivanishevich and Ivan Lyubichich prevailed over Lucas Arnold and Guillermo Canas. Lyubichich soon equalized the score, outplaying the person. But in the decisive party this struggle did not work. Karlovich easily gave three sets of Gaudio, and the Argentines went to the semifinals, where they had to fight with our team.

In another semi -finals, the French and Americans will meet. The French team beat the Czechs in the quarterfinals. The fifth match in this pair also became decisive. Fabrice Santoro defeated in the heavy five -section meeting Bogdan Urakh and brought the French to the Americans.

The USA and Spain did not finish their quarterfinals. The last match was interrupted by the rain, and although Tommy Robredo won a confident victory over James Black in this meeting, this did not affect the outcome of the match: the Americans after the victory of Andy Roddik Martin, who replaced the injured Alex Corretch, were in series 3: 1.