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Haas crushes Moldovan but Kiefer loses Reuters | |||||
BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany -- Andrei Pavel
spoiled Nicolas Kiefer's return by beating the German 7-6, 6-3,
5-7, 6-3 to put Romania level at 1-1 in their Davis Cup world
group first round tie after Friday's opening singles matches.
Moldovan, who stepped in only after Romania's No. 2 Adrian Voinea suffered a groin injury on Tuesday, had bowed out to Haas after a one-sided match, which lasted just 76 minutes. "This is the shortest match I've ever played in Davis Cup and the easiest one, as well," Haas, 21, said. Moldovan looked slow, accumulated unforced errors and never found a way into the match. "He doesn't like to run too much and can't do it very well either," Haas said. So weak was Moldovan that Romanian captain Adrian Marcu might consider picking Voinea instead for Sunday's reverse singles if he is fit in time. Marc Goellner and David Prinosil will team up for Germany to take on Pavel and Gabriel Trifu in Saturday's doubles. "To be level at 1-1 after the first day is a very good result," Pavel said. "Now the German doubles pair will feel the pressure." But Kiefer was not too worried. "We've lost a point but not the tie," he said. "We're a team here and we've still got a really good chance." | |
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