Lukas Rosol News

The 31-year-old was checked in the first game of the second set when he was trailing 0-40, but the Swiss star rallied to produce two more breaks to seal the set and the match.

3rd seed Wawrinka fired 56 winners but committed 46 unforced errors in the match.

Rafael Nadal defeated Lukas Rosol 6-2, 6-2.

Third seed Rafa Nadal came within two points of defeat by old nemesis Lukas Rosol.

Czech Republic's number one player Jiri Vesley on Friday said that he felt exhausted after just four games and simply failed to sustain himself against a lower ranked Indian Somdev Devvarman in his Davis Cup World Group play-off tie here.

Somdev Devvarman on Friday said it was one of the best serving days of his career as he fired 20 aces in his winning effort against Czech number one Jiri Vesley to help India draw level 1-1 against top seeds Czech Republic in a Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie here today.

Lukas Rosol blunted Yuki Bhambri's challenge in straight sets as Czech Republic took a 1-0 lead in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie here.

Yuki Bhambri, who is the top singles player of the country, will open India's Davis Cup campaign when he takes on world number 85 Lukas Rosol in the opening singles rubber of the World Group play-off tie against Czech republic, here on Friday.

 He was profusely sweating in the sultry Delhi heat after a practise session, hours after arriving here, but Radek Stepanek is not bothered about the tough conditions and says the Czech Republic have quality players to pull off the Davis Cup tie against India.