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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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6-0. Philippoussis won the first two sets 7-5 6-3 then fell in a heap in the next two sets. losing 1-6 2-6. He had an injury time out after losing the fourth set and looked gone. However, despite suffering from a torn chest muscle, "Scud" came through to seal the Davis Cup for Australia with a 6-0 whitewash in the 5th set.
Carlos Moya. Moya defeated Philippoussis in the second rubber in 4 sets, 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-6. Ferrero lost both matches in five sets and Corretja-Lopez were thrashed in the doubles, 6-3 6-1 6-3.
No. While dead rubbers were played during other Australian ties in 2003, organisers decided to cancel the fifth rubber due to the length of the 4th rubber and to allow for the presentation of the cup.
Sweden. Australia played Sweden in Malmo, Sweden; and thrashed them 5-0.
Switzerland. After Federer defeated Philippoussis and Hewitt beat Kratochvil on day one, Australia went 2-1 up after coming back from 2 sets to 1 down in the doubles. Federer looked set to square the tie at 2-2 when he led 2 sets to love against Hewitt but the Aussie came back from the dead to win the last three sets and secure a place in the final for Australia.
Great Britain. After both Henman and Rusedski were injured before the tie, Great Britain had to field a team of unknowns against the might of Australia's world number 1 Hewitt and the big serving Philippoussis. Australia won the tie in Sydney 4-1 (the last dead rubber was played by doubles specialist Woodbridge, who lost to Bogdanovic).
| How many times did an Australian come back from 2 sets to 1 down (or 2 sets to love) to win deciding rubbers in the 2003 season of Davis Cup? | Australia's Davis Cup Victory: 2003
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2. In both the semi final and final Lleyton Hewitt won decisive rubbers against Federer and Ferrero. He trailed Federer 2 sets to love and a break before fighting back to win and he trailed Ferrero 2 sets to 1 in the opening rubber of the final.
Melbourne. Melbourne Park of course is the home of tennis in Australia, hosting the Australian Open every year. The semi final was played on the usual surface Rebound Ace but a grass court was laid to play against Spain in the final.
Hewitt and Arthurs. Woodbridge was undefeated in doubles but lost/retired in two dead rubbers against Bogdanovic and Kratochvil. Arthurs won two dead rubbers and three doubles (Hewitt partnered Woodbridge against great Britain). Philippoussis lost to Moya and Federer.
| Defending champions Russia almost went out in the first round in the Davis Cup in 2007, playing away against Chile. They scraped through 3-2. Who won the final rubber for Russia in that exciting first round? | Davis Cup Playoffs 2007
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Igor Andreev. Igor Andreev beat Nicolas Massu of Chile in 4 sets. Andreev also went on to win the fifth rubber in the semi-finals against Germany.
| The world's best ranked player Roger Federer appeared for his country Switzerland in only one Davis Cup tie in 2007. What was the result of that tie? | Davis Cup Playoffs 2007
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Federer won both his singles but Switzerland lost the tie. Federer played in the playoff match against Czech Republic and won both his singles, but Czech Republic won the match 3-2. Federer won against Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych, but lost in the doubles, and Stanislas Wawrinka couldn't handle Stepanek in the final rubber.
| USA won all their matches in 2007 by an identical 4-1 margin. Who had won the most matches for USA in Davis Cup 2007? | Davis Cup Playoffs 2007
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Andy Roddick. Andy Roddick won all five of his singles matches in Davis Cup in 2007. Blake won three matches and lost two. Incidentally, USA used just 4 players in Davis Cup in 2007 with Andy Roddick, James Blake, and the Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike.
| Russia won all their matches in Davis Cup 2007 by an identical 3-2 margin, winning the crucial winner-take-all 5th rubber in every match. Which player took the Russians past their quarterfinal opponents France? | Davis Cup Playoffs 2007
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Marat Safin. Marat Safin beat Paul-Henri Mathieu of France in straight sets to clinch the tie for the Russians. Andreev also won the final rubber in the semi-finals against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber. Nikolay Davydenko, by far Russia's best singles player on the tour in ATP, lost both his singles matches in Davis Cup in 2007.
| Australia went out of the World Group in 2007 for the first time since the concept of World Group was introduced in 1981. Which team beat Australia in the playoffs in 2007, to heap this unwanted record on the Aussies? | Davis Cup Playoffs 2007
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Serbia. Serbia won the playoff tie against Australia 4-1, with Novak Djokovic winning both his singles and the doubles to lead his country into the World Group for the very first time.
Israel. Israel defeated Chile 3-2 in its World Group playoff tie. Earlier in 2007, they also upset Italy. Israel's best Davis Cup performance came prior in 1987, when it reached the quarterfinals.
Korea. Korea defeated Slovak Republic 3-2 in its World Group playoff tie for a return to the elite 16 for the first time since 1986. Japan lost to Romania in the playoffs while India and China did not even make it to the playoffs and were in the Asian Zonals for 2008.
| Along with Serbia, which South American country will make its debut in the World Group in 2008? | Davis Cup Playoffs 2007
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Peru. Peru earned a place in the 2008 World Group defeating Belarus 4-1 in its World Group playoff tie in Lima. 2008 will mark Peru's first appearance among the elite 16 nations. Peru had lost both the previous World Group playoffs that it had contested.
| Probably the comeback of the year award in Davis Cup 2007, should go to Romania for coming back from 1-2 down in the tie and 2 sets to nothing down in the crucial 4th match, to win the rubber and the tie against Japan in the playoffs. Which player was responsible for this remarkable turnaround? | Davis Cup Playoffs 2007
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Andrei Pavel. Andrei Pavel beat Takao Suzuki 6-7, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 before Hanescu clinched the tie beating Japan's Go Soeda. Romania played in three Davis Cup Finals between 1969 and 1972, losing to USA on all three occasions. Romania, Argentina, and India were the only three nations to have contested more than one Davis Cup final without ever winning the title.
USA and Russia. Russia is making its second consecutive appearance in a Davis Cup final, having beaten Argentina in the 2006 final. USA advanced to the 2007 final with a 4-1 victory over Sweden and will bid to end a 12-year drought in the final which will be held in Philadelphia, USA. USA last hosted a Davis Cup final in 1992.
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