Mike Bryan, Fish keep U.S. alive in Davis Cup semifinal

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09/20/2008 - Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The United States is still alive in its Davis Cup defense, as the doubles duo of Mike Bryan and Mardy Fish won a five-set marathon against Spain's Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez in a doubles rubber during the best-of-five semifinal.

Bryan and Fish, who replaced Bob Bryan when he backed out of the event with a shoulder injury, outlasted the Spanish duo 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in a match that lasted three hours, 16 minutes.

Spain now leads the best-of-five tie, 2-1, with a pair of singles rubbers on tap for Sunday. Rafael Nadal is set to face Andy Roddick and David Ferrer will meet Sam Querrey.

Nadal rallied from a set down to beat Querrey in four to give Spain the early lead in Friday's opening singles play. Ferrer then outlasted Roddick in the second match, roaring back to win a five-set thriller, 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 8-6.

Sunday's matches would have been meaningless if it wasn't for Bryan and Fish, who prevailed in a see-saw affair.

Verdasco and Lopez played a clean first set with just two unforced errors to 10 unforced miscues for the Americans. The Spanish team converted one break chance, which was enough to decide the set.

Fish and Bryan had just a 50 percent first-serve percentage in the second set, but won all of their 13 second-serve points and took the set to square the match. The American duo also won the third set before dropping the fourth set to force a fifth and deciding set.

Fatigue started to set in for both teams in a sloppy fifth set that featured 25 total unforced errors. A Lopez error midway through the final set gave the United States the only break it needed to post the victory at the Las Ventas bullfighting arena.

The United States and Spain are meeting for the ninth time in their history and for the fifth time this decade. The Americans are 5-3 against the Spaniards, winning the last meeting in a World Group quarterfinal last year in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The Spain-USA winner will visit the Argentina-Russia victor in the final in November. The Argentines are playing host to the Russians in Buenos Aires.

The U.S. leads all nations with 32 Davis Cup titles and beat a visiting Russian squad in last year's finale in Portland. Spain owns two championships, including a 3-2 victory over the Americans in the 2004 final in Seville.

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