| | Associated Press
WIMBLEDON, England -- Tim Henman beat Luis Morejon 6-2, 6-1,
6-1 Friday to rally Britain to a 1-1 draw after the first day of
its Davis Cup World Group qualifying tie with Ecuador.
In the day's first singles, Nicolas Lapentti rallied from being
down a break in the final set and defeated Greg Rusedski 6-3, 6-7
(3), 7-5, 4-6, 7-5. The match, played on grass on Court No. 1 at
the All England Club, was stopped twice by rain.
Doubles will be played Saturday and reverse singles on Sunday.
The winner advances into the 2001 Davis Cup World Group, the top 16
nations who actually compete for the prestigious international
tennis trophy.
It was a second straight disappointing loss for the slumping
Rusedski. Two weeks ago, he was upset in the first round at
Wimbledon by American Vince Spadea, who had lost an ATP Tour
21-consecutive matches before beating the Briton.
Romania 1, Zimbabwe 1
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's Byron Black and Romania's
Andrei Pavel won as the two nations split the opening singles
matches on the indoor hard court at the National Sports Center.
Black beat Razvan Sabau of Romania 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the
opening match before Pavel defeated Zimbabwe's third-ranked singles
player, Kevin Ullyett, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2.
Black, a 13-year-veteran of the Zimbabwean Davis Cup side who
last week became the first Zimbabwean to reach the quarterfinals at
Wimbledon, prevailed after more than 2{ hours at Harare's indoor
National Sports Center.
Ullyett was playing only his second Davis Cup singles match.
Black is scheduled to play alongside his younger brother Wayne
in Saturday's doubles.
Romania is attempting to reach the World Group for the first
time since 1997.
Netherlands 2, Uzbekistan 0
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Richard Krajicek and Sjeng Schalken
combined to give the Netherlands a 2-0 lead after the opening-day
singles.
Krajicek crushed Oleg Ogorodov 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 and Schalken
stopped Vadim Kutsenko 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 as on-court temperatures
reached 108 degrees. | |
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