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The Spanish national team won the Davis Cup even without Rafael Nadal
The Spanish national tennis team won the Davis Cup, having won in the final series the victory over the Argentina team with a score of 3-1.
The third in history in this prestigious tournament of Spain brought Fernando Verdasco, who in the Marathon fourth match beat Jose Akasso - 6: 3, 6: 7, 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1. Earlier, the Spaniards, who performed in Mar-del Plata without their leader Rafael Nadal, won the world championship in 2000 and 2004.
On Friday, David Nalbandan brought the Argentines the first point, outplaying David Ferrer, and Feliciano Lopez equalized the expanse of the Spaniards, defeating Juan Martin del Potro. On Saturday, the victory was behind the Europeans on Saturday: Lopez and Verdasco in four sets broke the resistance of the Argentines Agustine Kalieri and Nalbandan.
The final, fifth match of the final, which no longer had any tournament significance, was canceled by the joint decision of the captains of the national teams. David Nalbandan and Feliciano Lopez were supposed to meet in it.
Recall that the Russian team, which also owned the honorary trophy twice, lost this season to the Argentines at the semi -finals. In another semi-final, the wards of Emilio Sanchez-Vikario outplayed the former champions-Americans.