David, who arrived just in time, beat Andrea Vinciguerra and untied the series in favor of Argentina against Sweden. In the quarter-finals, Russia is already waiting.

Argentina took a 2-1 lead over Sweden in their Davis Cup first-round series Saturday when David Nalbandian (who was a late replacement for Leonardo Mayer) and Horacio Zeballos defeated Robin Soderling and Robert Lindstedt 6-2, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) in the doubles.

Mayer commited many mistakes in the first set and Johansson was opportunistic. But then he gained in confidence and beated the Swedish 6-4 7-5 6-4. Argentina still dreams.

The match between Eduardo Scwank and Robin Soderling had just began. Leonardo Mayer will face Joachim Johansson later. Follow the LIVE coverage of today’s Davis Cup matches between Sweden and Argentina.

Unexpected but great news for Modesto Vazquez and national tennis fans. David Nalbandian recovered from his injury and is travelling tonight to Stockholm to be available for the captain.

Nalbandian is angry for not being part of the Argentine Davis Cup team that will travel to Stockholm, and stated that “Tito” Vazquez chose ‘the best players today’. About his injury in Buenos Aires David said: ‘Sometimes the fighting spirit betrays you’.

David Nalbandian got injured again, this time in his right abductor, and therefore left out of the Telmex Cup in Buenos Aires, and the tournament in Acapulco, where he confirmed his participation. He will also be out for the Davis Cup match against Sweden in Stockholm.

Argentine tennis player Juan Martin Del Potro announced that his right wrist pain continues, and it will prevent him to play for at least a month, which means he will be out of the game against Sweden in the Davis Cup.

Davis Cup organisers insist they are confident in the event’s future despite proposals for a rival team event.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal could face each other in the first round of next year’s Davis Cup after Spain drew Switzerland on Wednesday.

Last year’s Davis Cup finalists Argentina were dumped out by the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals after Radek Stepanek defeated Juan Monaco in the deciding rubber.

During an interview, Del Potro sent greetings to his family, friends and … a “very special girl”.

The Czech Republic won the doubles Saturday to take a 2-1 lead over Argentina in the Davis Cup quarterfinals.

With a notable superiority, Juan Martín Del Potro overcame Ivo Minar in the second match for the quarter finals of the Davis Cup that Argentina plays in Ostrava, Czech Republic. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

Tomas Berdych has outlasted Juan Monaco 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 to give the Czech Republic a 1-0 lead over Argentina in their best-of-five Davis Cup quarterfinals series.

The quarter final series of the Davis Cup against Czech Republic, will be launched today at 10:00 am, in the match where Argentine Juan Monaco will face Berdych.

The national tennis team for the Cup Davis agreed, in that it had a big preparation and that are ready to give the in this quarter finals.

With Wimbledon finished for another year, the tennis betting world’s attention now turns to the quarter-finals of the 2009 Davis Cup, which begin Friday.

The captain of the Argentine team of Davis Cup, Modest “Tito” Vázquez, confirmed Juan Martín Del Potro, Juan Mónaco, Leonardo Mayer and José Acasuso to face Czech Republic, for the quarter finals of the tournament.