Surprises this weekend in Davis Cup

There were definitely a few surprises this weekend but none bigger than Switzerland losing to the U.S.A And not only did Switzerland lose by Saturday...they also lost the two dead rubbers today! Never could have imagined that they would go down 0-5.

Another surprise was seeing Russia go down to Austria. Maybe only a minor surprise though. I figured that if Russia didn't clinch it Friday/Saturday then it would be a hard task for Bogomolov to take out Melzer.

The Japan vs Croatia tie was also a surprise. Thought it would be a shut out but the decision came down to the 5th rubber!

Unfortunately, there was no Raonic vs Tsonga 4th Rubber as Raonic was replaced by Dancevic because of a sore knee.

Here's a run-down of how the ties played out.

Spain def. Kazhakstan 5-0

Juan Carlos Ferrero def Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1 4-6 7-6(2) 4-6 6-4
Nicolas Almagro def Andrey Golubev 6-3 4-6 6-1 6-1

Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez def Evgeny Korolev/Yuriy Schukin 6-2 6-3 6-1

Nicolas Almagro def Evgeny Korolev 6-3 6-4
Marcel Granollers def Andrey Golubev 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3

Austria def Russia 3-2

Jurgen Melzer def Igor Kunitsyn 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4 3-6 6-1
Andreas Haider-Maurer def Alex Bogomolov Jr 6-1 6-4 6-7(1) 6-2

Nikolay Davydenko/Mikhail Youzhny def Oliver Marach/Alexander Peya 7-6(1) 6-7(7) 7-5 3-6 6-4

Jurgen Melzer def Alex Bogomolov, Jr 6-2 6-4 6-1
Igor Kunitsyn def Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-4 4-6 7-6(4)

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France def Canada 4-1

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def Vasek Pospisil 6-1 6-3 6-3
Milos Raonic def Julien Benneteau 6-2 6-4 7-5

Julien Benneteau/Michael Llodra def Daniel Nestor/Milos Raonic 7-6(1) 7-6(2) 6-3

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def Frank Dancevic 6-4 6-4 6-1
Gael Monfils def Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-4

USA def Switzerland 5-0

Mardy Fish def Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2 4-6 4-6 6-1 9-7
John Isner def Roger Federer 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2

Mike Bryan/Mardy Fish def Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3

Ryan Harrison def Michael Lammer 7-6(0) 7-6(4)
John Isner def Marco Chiudinelli 6-3 6-4

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Czech Republic def. Italy 4-1

Radek Stepanek def. Andreas Seppi 4-6 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-3
Tomas Berdych def Simone Bolelli 6-3 4-6 7-5 6-2

Radek Stepanek/Tomas Berdych def Daniele Bracciali/Potito Starace 6-3 6-4 6-2

Lukas Rosol def. Andreas Seppi 4-6 6-3 6-4
Simone Bolelli def Frantisek Cermak 6-4 6-4

Serbia def Sweden 4-1

Janko Tipsarevic def Filip Prpic 6-3 6-3 6-4
Viktor Troicki def Michael Ryderstadt 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-3

Johan Brunstrom/Robert Lindstedt def Janko Tipsarevic/Nenad Zimonjic 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) 6-7(3) 10-8

Janko Tipsarevic def Michael Ryderstadt 6-2 7-6(5) 7-5
Dusan Lajovic def Filip Prpic 6-4 6-4

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Croatia def Japan 3-2

Go Soeda def Ivan Dodig 6-7(3) 3-6 6-4 6-3 7-5
Ivo Karlovic def Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-4 6-3

Ivan Dodig/Ivo Karlovic def Tatsuma Ito/Yuichi Sugita 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3

Kei Nishikori def Ivan Dodig 7-5 7-6(4) 6-3
Ivo Karlovic def Go Soeda 7-6(4) 6-1 6-4

Argentina def Germany 4-1

Juan Monaco def Phillipp Petzschner 6-3 6-3 6-3
David Nalbandian def Florian Mayer 2-6 6-0 6-1 7-6(5)

David Nalbandian/Eduardo Schwank def Tommy Haas/Phillipp Petzschner 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4

Juan Ignacio Chela def Florian Mayer 6-4 6-4
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe def Eduardo Schwank 7-6(1) 7-5