MOSCOW, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Andy Roddick and Russia's Marat Safin, both of whom have been ranked No. 1 in the world, meet in the first match of a Davis Cup tennis semifinal.
Roddick plays Safin in Moscow Friday in the best-of-five Davis Cup tie. The other singles match that day pits American James Blake against Russia's Mikhail Youzhny.
The United States sends the world No. 1 doubles team of twins Bob and Mike Bryan against Youzhny and Dmitry Tursunov in a Saturday match ahead of Sunday's singles pairing with Roddick facing Youzhny and Blake versus Safin.
The Davis Cup semifinal will be played indoors on clay.
The team that wins the Moscow semifinal heads into December's Davis Cup final against the winner of a semifinal this weekend pitting Australia against Argentina in Buenos Aires.
