Lleida (Spain), April 2: Superb power hitting earned Gustavo Kuerten a 6-3 6-4 7-5 victory over Alex Corretja today as Brazil levelled 1-1 with Spain on the first day of their Davis Cup World Group first round tie.Results (World Group 1st round)
Brazil 1 Spain 1 (Kuerten bt Corretja 6-3 6-4 7-5; Fernando Meligeni lost Carlos Moya 6-2 6-7 6-0 6-4); Germany 1 Russia 0 (Tommy Haas bt Marat Safin 6-7 6-4 6-3 2-6 9-7); USA 1 Britain 0 (Jim Courier bt Tim Henman 7-6 (2) 2-6 7-6 (3) 6-7 (10-12) 7-5); Switzerland 1 Italy 0 (Marc Rosset bt G Pozzi 7-6 6-4 7-6); Slovakia 1 Sweden 0 (K Kucera bt Tomas Johansson 6-1 7-6 (9-7) 2-6 6-3); Zimbabwe 1 Australia 0 (Byron Black bt Mark Phillippoussis 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-3 7-5).
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