Friday, November 14, 2008

2008 Tennis Davis Cup - World Group Final

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Tennis Davis Cup
World Group 2008 - Final
November 21 - 23, 2008

Argentina vs. Spain
Tied 1 -1

Estadio Polideportivo, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Hard (Acrylic-indoors)

The Davis Cup is the international team event in men tennis. The largest annual international team competition in sports, the Davis Cup is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The 2008 Davis Cup is the 97th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams will participate in the World Group and more than one hundred other will take part in different regional groups.

The 2008 Davis Cup World Group Final will Argentina vs Spain. This is the third meeting between the two nations. Spain has won both previous matches, played on outdoor clay in Spain. Spain defeated Argentina 3-1 in a 1926 zonal quarterfinal and more recently Carlos Moya clinched the decisive fifth rubber for a 3-2 victory in the 2003 quarterfinal after Argentina had fought back from 0-2 down.

Argentina Team & Players
Team Captain : Alberto Mancini
  • Juan Martin Del Potro
  • David Nalbandian
  • Jose Acasuso
  • Agustin CALLERI Agustin Calleri (ARG)
Spain Team & Players
Team Captain : Emilio Sanchez
  • David Ferrer
  • Fernnado Verdasco
  • Feliciano Lopez
  • Marcel Granollers
** Nadal miss Davis Cup Final (Knee)


Schedule and Order Of play
Nov 21: 13.00 hours local (15.00 hours GMT)
Nov 22: 14.00 hours local (16.00 hours GMT)
Nov 23: 12.00 hours local (14.00 hours GMT)

2008 Davis Cup Tied
Results
  • D.Nalbandian (ARG) won D.Ferrer (ESP) 3-0
  • J.Del Potro (ARG) lost F.Lopez (ESP) 1-3
Order of Play
  • J.Acasuso / A.Calleri (ARG) vs F.Lopez / F.Verdasco (ESP)
  • J.Del Potro (ARG) vs D.Ferrer (ESP)
  • D.Nalbandian (ARG) vs F.Lopez (ESP)

TV Coverage: Starsport, CCTV5
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