<p>Every member of the team contributed a point but it was Juan Ignacio Chela and Eduardo Schwank that clinched the vital third point by overcoming Evgeny Korolev and Yuriy Schukin 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 in the doubles rubber at Buenos Aires.<br /><br />The Argentine team broke decisively to lead 6-5 in the third set, and Schwank held his nerve despite facing a break point on his service game. He sealed the win on his fourth match point.<br /><br />Juan Martin del Potro and Juan Monaco both registered clinical wins on the opening day, overcoming Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 and Andrey Golubev 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 respectively on Thursday.<br /><br />“I know I did not get on the team the nicest of ways,” said a happy Schwank, who was summoned to replace the injured David Nalbandian. “But once I got to play I'm happy I could give Argentina the decisive point.”<br /><br />Nalbandian, at Parque Roca to support his team -mates, said: “The feeling is different from when I play, but I have faith in all the Argentine players.”<br /><br />Defending champions Serbia are one win away from a semifinal place after a perfect start to their tie against Sweden at Halmstad. <br /><br />Janko Tipsarevic, who was a substitute for World No 1 Novak Djokovic who withdrew with a knee injury, played just nine games against Davis Cup debutant Ervin Eleskovic before the Swede retired with a knee injury. Tipsarevic was leading 6-2, 1-0 after 44 minutes when the rubber came to an abrupt end.<br /><br />Earlier in the day, Troicki was taken to four sets in a gripping opening singles rubber against Michael Ryderstedt, who takes over the role of Sweden’s No 1 player this weekend in the absence of Robin Soderling. There are 281 places separating the two players, but it only showed in the opening two sets.<br /><br />Buoyed by a vocal away contingent of Serbian fans, Troicki raced into a two-set lead but thereafter was made to work hard for a 6-3, 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 7-5 victory in just under three hours.<br /><br />Richard Gasquet scripted an incredible comeback from two sets down while Gael Monfils sailed through in straight sets as France took a solid 2-0 lead against hosts Germany in the third quarterfinal at Stuttgart.<br /><br />Gasquet posted only the second come-from-two-sets-down win of his career when he beat Florian Mayer 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 to give France a 1-0 lead. Monfils then saw off Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6, 7-6, 6-4.<br /><br />World Group results (all quarterfinals): At Halmstad: Sweden trail Serbia 0-2 (Ervin Eleskovic lt to Janko Tipsarevic 2-6, 0-1 (retd); Michael Ruderstedt lt to Viktor Troicki 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 5-7).<br />At Buenos Aires: Argentina lead Kazakhstan 3-0 (Juan Ignacio Chela/ Eduardo Schwank bt Evgeny Korolev/ Yuri Schukin 6-3, 6-2, 7-5). (On Thursday): Juan Martin Del Potro bt Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2, 6-1, 6-2; Juan Monaco bt Andrey Golubev 6-3, 6-0, 6-4.<br />At Stuttgart: Germany trail France 0-2 (Florian Mayer lt to Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 3-6; Philipp Kohlschreiber lt to Gael Monfils 6-7, 6-7, 4-6).</p>
<p>Every member of the team contributed a point but it was Juan Ignacio Chela and Eduardo Schwank that clinched the vital third point by overcoming Evgeny Korolev and Yuriy Schukin 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 in the doubles rubber at Buenos Aires.<br /><br />The Argentine team broke decisively to lead 6-5 in the third set, and Schwank held his nerve despite facing a break point on his service game. He sealed the win on his fourth match point.<br /><br />Juan Martin del Potro and Juan Monaco both registered clinical wins on the opening day, overcoming Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 and Andrey Golubev 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 respectively on Thursday.<br /><br />“I know I did not get on the team the nicest of ways,” said a happy Schwank, who was summoned to replace the injured David Nalbandian. “But once I got to play I'm happy I could give Argentina the decisive point.”<br /><br />Nalbandian, at Parque Roca to support his team -mates, said: “The feeling is different from when I play, but I have faith in all the Argentine players.”<br /><br />Defending champions Serbia are one win away from a semifinal place after a perfect start to their tie against Sweden at Halmstad. <br /><br />Janko Tipsarevic, who was a substitute for World No 1 Novak Djokovic who withdrew with a knee injury, played just nine games against Davis Cup debutant Ervin Eleskovic before the Swede retired with a knee injury. Tipsarevic was leading 6-2, 1-0 after 44 minutes when the rubber came to an abrupt end.<br /><br />Earlier in the day, Troicki was taken to four sets in a gripping opening singles rubber against Michael Ryderstedt, who takes over the role of Sweden’s No 1 player this weekend in the absence of Robin Soderling. There are 281 places separating the two players, but it only showed in the opening two sets.<br /><br />Buoyed by a vocal away contingent of Serbian fans, Troicki raced into a two-set lead but thereafter was made to work hard for a 6-3, 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 7-5 victory in just under three hours.<br /><br />Richard Gasquet scripted an incredible comeback from two sets down while Gael Monfils sailed through in straight sets as France took a solid 2-0 lead against hosts Germany in the third quarterfinal at Stuttgart.<br /><br />Gasquet posted only the second come-from-two-sets-down win of his career when he beat Florian Mayer 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 to give France a 1-0 lead. Monfils then saw off Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6, 7-6, 6-4.<br /><br />World Group results (all quarterfinals): At Halmstad: Sweden trail Serbia 0-2 (Ervin Eleskovic lt to Janko Tipsarevic 2-6, 0-1 (retd); Michael Ruderstedt lt to Viktor Troicki 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 5-7).<br />At Buenos Aires: Argentina lead Kazakhstan 3-0 (Juan Ignacio Chela/ Eduardo Schwank bt Evgeny Korolev/ Yuri Schukin 6-3, 6-2, 7-5). (On Thursday): Juan Martin Del Potro bt Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2, 6-1, 6-2; Juan Monaco bt Andrey Golubev 6-3, 6-0, 6-4.<br />At Stuttgart: Germany trail France 0-2 (Florian Mayer lt to Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 3-6; Philipp Kohlschreiber lt to Gael Monfils 6-7, 6-7, 4-6).</p>
