Argentina-Russia 2nd singles match

Argentina also won the second singles match in the third tie of the Blue Group. After the top five player, Juan Martin del Potro, beat Igor Andreev, Maximo Gonzales defeated Evgeny Korolev 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and thus secured the victory for his team. It was a typical clay court match with long rallies. At short notice, Gonzalez stood in for Juan Monaco who is suffering from a wrist injury. However, in order to make it to the final on Saturday, the Argentinean team needs to win the doubles match, while hoping that Serbia will lose its doubles match against Italy. Dusseldorf (pps)