OVIEDO, Spain, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Defending champion Spain, with wins Friday from Juan Carlos Ferrero and Nicolas Almagro, took a 2-0 lead over Kazakhstan in a first-round Davis Cup series.
Ferrero got by Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-4 while Almagro defeated Andrey Golubev 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.