Bryans win first point for U.S. vs. Spain
Posted July 9, 2011 7:25 pm.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Texas — Brothers Bob and Mike Bryan earned the United States its first point in the Davis Cup quarter-final against Spain, keeping the Americans alive with a doubles victory over Marcel Granollers and Fernando Verdasco.
The No. 1 doubles team in the world dropped the first set before earning a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory on Saturday.
Granollers and Verdasco had never played doubles together. Granollers was a Saturday substitute for Feliciano Lopez, who won a four-hour singles over Mardy Fish on Friday.
Spain leads the Americans 2-1 heading into Sunday’s reverse singles, pitting David Ferrer against Fish and Lopez against Andy Roddick.
The only time the U.S. rallied to win from 2-0 down was in 1934 against Australia in London.
