Serbia against Russia: 1-0 lead

In the second tie of the Blue Group, Serbia has taken a 1-0 lead against Russia at the ARAG WORLD TEAM CUP. Janko Tipsarevic did not have a lot of difficulties against his 18-year ‘young’ Russian opponent, Stanislas Vovk, clearly winning the match 6-2, 6-4. Provided that Evgeny Korolev beats Viktor Troicki in the second singles match today, Russia still has a chance to turn things round in the doubles match. Otherwise the previous year’s runner-up will have dropped out after the group stage since they already lost the first tie against Italy. Dusseldorf (pps)