Friday Nicolas Kiefer (GER) v Rafael Nadal (ESP) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) v David Ferrer (ESP) Saturday Philipp Kohlschreiber/Philipp Petzschner (GER) v Feliciano Lopez/Fernando Verdasco (ESP) Sunday Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) v Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nicolas Kiefer (GER) v David Ferrer (ESP) 如預期地單打由排名前10的兩位選手Rafa y David代表。 雙打則是一直在搭配求穩定成績的Feli y Verdasco. 禮拜五第一場將會由Rafa迎戰Kiefer 賽前的一些照片 http://0rz.tw/a63Xt (會持續更新，檔案名稱怪怪的，明天再改:Q) ========= 新聞 Nadal to open up in Bremen Spain go into this weekend’s Davis Cup by BNP Paribas quarterfinal against Germany with the powerful line-up of Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer in their team and no fears about the indoor hard court. The tie at the AWD Dome will see two competition heavyweights meet for the first time since 1997. Germany, who have three Davis Cup by BNP Paribas titles to their name, have won nine of the 13 meetings to date, but two of the last three have gone to Spain, the competition winners in 2000 and 2004. Based purely on performances on the ATP Tour, it’s hard to see Spain as anything but the overwhelming favourites. Nadal, the world no.2, and world no. 5 Ferrer, far outrank their singles opponents on the German team. Nadal will get the tie underway on Friday in the opening singles rubber against the returning Nicolas Kiefer. The German, was once ranked as high as fourth in the world but now at number 47, is creeping his way back up the rankings after a series of injuries. Spain in cautious mood The second singles will see Ferrer take on Philipp Kohlschreiber, the German No. 1, who is currently ranked at No. 25 in the world. The tie continues on Saturday with the doubles rubber between Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez on the Spanish side, against Kohlschreiber and Philipp Petzschner, before Sunday’s reverse singles round things off. For all their superiority individually, Spain were in a cautious mood after Thursday’s draw. “Germany have won nine of the matches we’ve played against them, and we’ve only won four,” Spain captain Emilio Sanchez said. “You can never be over-confident against the Germans.” Spain have had problems on indoor courts in the recent past but this surface is a hard court rather than the carpet they played on, for example, back in 2001, when the then defending champions suffered a terrible 4-1 defeat away to the Netherlands. “This court will not be so tricky for us,” said Sanchez. “Rafael and David have had very good results on this surface, the same one that is used on the Tour.” Germany up for the fight The return of Nadal for his first match in the competition for over a year will of course give them plenty of reason for confidence, but Germany reached the semifinals last year, and came mighty close to upsetting Russia and making the final, meaning they have little reason to feel inferior, despite those rankings. Captain Patrik Kuhnen has been forced to name a team without Tommy Haas and doubles specialist Aleksandr Waske because of injury. “It’s difficult because we’ll be playing number two and five in the world but we’re looking forward to getting started,” said Kuhnen. “The court is not a guarantee. It ’s going to be very tough. Spain is a very strong team that could win the Davis Cup.” --

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