Switzerland swept out of Davis Cup
The United States have knocked favourites Switzerland out of the Davis Cup, as Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan beat Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Teaming up for only the second time, Fish and Bryan comfortably handled the 2008 Olympics doubles champions on Saturday in front of an occasionally hostile 7,000 crowd in Fribourg.
The Americans were kept under control for a set and a half, then seized every opportunity they had to exploit errors on Wawrinka’s service.
“They did really well and got the victory they deserved,” Federer said. “We did have our chances but maybe they were just a touch better than us again today.”
Fish and Bryan picked up the momentum of a fantastic Friday for captain Jim Courier’s team. In the singles, Fish outlasted Wawrinka in five sets and John Isner stunned Federer in four sets.
It was the first time Federer had lost in a Davis Cup singles match for eight years.
Sunday’s two singles matches in the best-of-five encounter are thus meaningless.
Switzerland will now have to go into the play-offs later in the year to stay in the World Group, which comprises the best 16 countries in the world.
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