Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek won the opening singles matches Friday, sending the Czech Republic to a 2-0 lead over Italy in the first round of the Davis Cup. Stepanek had to dig deep to overcome Andreas Seppi 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Then, No. 7-ranked Berdych fought harder than expected to defeat the 135th-ranked Simone Bolelli 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The Czech Republic moved to the next round of the Davis Cup Saturday with a doubles win that completed its sweep of Italy.

Roger Federer's miserable return to Davis Cup first-round duty after an eight-year absence was completed when the United States knocked out Switzerland to reach the quarter-finals.

Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek won the opening singles matches Friday, sending the Czech Republic to a 2-0 lead over Italy in the first round of the Davis Cup.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The Czech Republic is one win away from the Davis Cup quarterfinals after victories Friday by Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych over Italy.

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Roger Federer's miserable return to Davis Cup first-round duty after an eight-year absence was completed on Saturday when the United States knocked out Switzerland to reach the quarter-finals.

Switzerland has been knocked out of the Davis Cup by the U.S. after Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka lost their doubles match against Mike Bryan and Mardy Fish in Fribourg on Saturday. The Swiss pairing went down 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 to hand the U.S. an unassailable 3-0 lead which sees Jim Courier's team progress to April's quarterfinals where they will face either France or Canada. "It feels ...

Australian Open quarterfinalist Tomas Berdych and doubles winner Radek Stepanek will lead the Czech Republic against Italy in next week's first round of the Davis Cup in Ostrava.

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday (times GMT):