BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- David Nalbandian and Juan Martin del Potro each had straight-set wins Friday, giving Argentina a 2-0 lead in its best-of-five Davis Cup semifinal with Russia.
Nalbandian opened the series with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, 6-4 victory over Igor Andreev and del Potro had a surprisingly easy 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 rout of Nikolay Davydenko on a clay court in Buenos Aires.