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Spain routs Peru, meets Germany next

LIMA: Tommy Robredo and Nicolas Almagro won both reverse singles rubbers on Sunday to give Spain a 5-0 clean sweep of its Davis Cup World Group first round tie against Peru.

The victory propelled the 2004 champion to a quarterfinal showdown with Germany in April. Germany advanced edging out South Korea 3-2.

After sealing the tie on Saturday in the doubles, Spain’s Robredo beat Peru’s Mauricio Echazu 6-4, 6-1 before Almagro sealed the sweep with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Ivan Miranda.

“It was well disputed and playing here in Peru is something I will always hold dear as it marked my debut in the world group,” said Almagro.

Baker pulls one back

Meanwhile in Buenos Aires, Jamie Baker spared Britain from a whitewash in their tie against Argentina after defeating Agustin Calleri 7-6, 6-4 in the final dead rubber on Sunday. Argentina, runner-up in 2006, had already secured their place in the quarterfinals on Saturday after taking a 3-0 winning lead but fell one match short of completing a rout.

Jose Acasuso extended Argentina’s lead to 4-0 earlier on Sunday, defeating Alex Bogdanovic 7-5, 7-5 in the first reverse singles.

The results: At Moscow (Russia): Russia bt Serbia 3-2 (Dmitry Tursunov lost to Victor Troicki 6-7(7), 6-4, 3-6).

At Ramat Hasharon (Israel): Israel lost to Sweden 2-3. (Harel Levy lost to Jonas Bjorkman 6-0, 4-6, 3-6, 6-7(6)).

At Sibiu (Romania): France bt Romania 5-0 (Andrei Pavel lost to Michael Llodra 6-7(5), 6-7(7); Horia Tecau lost to Arnaud Clement 6-7(3), 6-2, 4-6).

At Braunschweig (Germany): Germany bt South Korea 3-2 (Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Hyung-Taik Lee 6-0, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(1); Michael Berrer lost to Woong-Sun Jun 1-6, 6-3, 4-6).

At Buenos Aires (Argentina): Argentina bt Britain 4-1 (David Jose Acasuso bt Alex Bogdanovic 7-5, 7-5; Agustin Calleri lost to Jamie Baker 6-7(4), 4-6).

At Vienna (Austria): USA bt Austria 4-1 (Bob Bryan bt Werner Eschauer 6-0, 3-6, 7-6(3)).

At Ostrava (Czech Rep): Czech Republic bt Belgium 3-2 (Lukas Dlouhy lost to Steve Darcis 6-7(1), 4-6; Pavel Vizner lost to Ruben Bemelmans 7-6(4), 5-7, 2-2 ret.).

At Lima (Peru): Spain bt Peru 5-0 (Mauricio Echazu lost Tommy Robredo 4-6, 1-6; Ivan Miranda lost to Nicolas Almagro 2-6, 3-6). — Agencies

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