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Old 05-31-2016, 11:14 AM   #375
Brian Swartz
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Join Date: May 2006
World Team Cup Quarterfinals
Sri Lanka(4th) vs. France(7th), Grass

Monday: A. Mehul d. D. Poilblan, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3
Tuesday: G. Girsh d. T. Bourdet, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Wednesday: R. Iraugui/T. Rey d. S. Ujjaval/R. Kuttikad, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
Thursday: A. Mehul d. T. Bourdet, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Friday: G. Girsh d. D. Poilblan, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Sri Lanka defeats France, 4-1!!

We stay at 4th in the world rankings, having moved up past Germany prior to this due to them losing some in juniors competition. This went pretty much as expected, we just needed Mehul and Girsh to take care of business and they did that. Our next opponent is a surprise though. Sweden was favored to handle Peru on grass, and they should have. Leading 2-1, Trulsen just needed to beat Thiago Herrera and it would have been over -- but he lost in a stunning 7-6(8), 7-6(6), 7-5 upset, and Peru took the tie 3-2! It'll be a grass matchup again so we should be able to handle them, I figure it to be similar results to what we had here.

On the other side, the Czech Republic beat Spain, and the United States finished off Germany, both by 4-1 margins. That matchup could go either way, and will come down to doubles and the Marcek-Mockler encounter on hardcourt. Most likely though, it will be us against the Czechs again in the final.

First though we need to take care of business against Peru in a couple of weeks.
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