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U.S. takes unbeatable lead

VIENNA: Bob and Mike Bryan beat Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to give defending champion United States an unbeatable 3-0 lead over Austria in the first round of the Davis Cup.

The United States, which won its record 32nd Davis Cup title last December, will play in the April 11-13 quarterfinals against France, which beat Romania.

Andy Roddick and James Blake won the opening singles on Friday against Melzer and Stefan Koubek.

“I am glad we finished off the job on the second day,” U.S. captain Patrick McEnroe said.

McEnroe had not yet decided who will play the singles on Sunday. Roddick, who had some troubles with his right knee against Melzer, was unlikely to play.

“I don’t want Andy out in a dead rubber if he’s not 100 per cent fit,” McEnroe said.

The results:

At Moscow (Russia): Russia leads Serbia 2-1 (Mikhail Youzhny & Dmitry Tursunov lost to Novak Djokovic & Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 7-6(6), 7-6(5).

At Ramat Hasharon (Israel): Israel leads Sweden 2-1 (Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram bt Simon Aspelin & Robert Lindstedt 6-3, 7-6(3), 7-5.

At Sibiu (Romania): France bt Romania 3-0 (Horia Tecau & Florin Mergea lost to Arnaud Clement & Michael Llodra 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 3-6, 6-2).

At Braunschweig (Germany): Germany leads South Korea 2-1 (Philipp Kohlschreiber & Philipp Petzschner bt An Jae-sung & Jun Woong-sun 6-1, 6-3, 6-3).

At Buenos Aires (Argentina): Argentina bt Britain 3-0 (David Nalbandian & Jose Acasuso bt Jamie Baker & Ross Hutchins 6-2, 7-6(13), 6-0).

At Vienna (Austria): USA bt Austria 3-0 (Stefan Koubek lost to James Blake 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2; Bob & Mike Bryan bt Julian Knowle & Jurgen Melzer 6-1, 6-4, 6-2).

At Ostrava (Czech Republic): Czech Republic bt Belgium 3-0 (Tomas Berdych & Radek Stepanek bt Olivier Rochus & Kristof Vliegen 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 7-5, 5-7, 6-4.

At Lima (Peru): Spain leads Peru 2-0 (Matias Silva lost to Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-5, 6-0; Ivan Miranda lost to Tommy Roberdo 6-2, 6-3, 6-3). — Agencies

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