The United States beat the Czech Republic 2-1 at the World Team Cup on Monday despite losing the top-ranked doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan to injury. The Bryan brothers were replaced by James Blake and Wayne Odesnik, who rallied to defeat Tomas Berdych and Pavel Vizner 0-6, 7-5, 10-8. Blake and Odesnik had split their singles matches in the Red Group on Sunday, with Blake losing to Berdych and Odesnik beating Ivo Minar. Andy Roddick also withdrew after the shoulder injury that forced his retirement in the Rome Masters semifinals flared again after several days of practice. The sixth-ranked American will miss the French Open. Also in the Red Group, Juan Ignacio Chela, part of the winning Argentina team in 2007, swept aside Sweden's Thomas Johansson 6-2, 6-1 to level the tie after Robin Soderling had defeated Guillermo Canas on Sunday. In the doubles, Robert Lindstedt and Robin Soderling overcame Lucas Arnold and Sebastian Prieto 7-5, 6-2 to give Sweden a 2-1 victory. In the Blue Group, Germany was dealt a blow when in-form Nicolas Kiefer was replaced by Denis Gremelmayr, who lost 6-4, 6-3 to Feliciano Lopez of Spain. Kiefer, a Hamburg quarterfinalist last week after upsetting fourth-ranked Nikolay Davydenko, has a cold. But Germany won the tie 2-1 when Christopher Kas and Philipp Petzschner defeated Marcel Granollers and Feliciano Lopez 6-7 (5), 6-4, 10-5. Russia won the Blue Group tie against Italy 2-1 despite Igor Andreev and Dmitry Tursunov losing the doubles 6-4, 6-4 to Simone Bolelli and Potito Starace. Russia won both singles matches Sunday. Davydenko wins Hypo match In Austria, top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko eased past Rainer Eitzinger of Austria 6-1, 6-1 Monday in the first round of the Hypo Group International. Sixth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy rallied to beat Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. Seppi. Also, Jiri Vanek of the Czech Republic beat Dutch wild card Martin Verkerk 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; Jurgen Melzer of Austria beat 18-year-old American Donald Young 7-5, 6-2, Ivan Navarro of Spain beat Vincent Spadea of the United States 6-4, 6-4, and Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain defeated Werner Eschauer of Austria 6-4, 6-2. Two other first-round matches were suspended due to rain and will be finished Tuesday. Govortsova advances Olga Govortsova of Belarus beat Ipek Senoglu 6-3, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Istanbul Cup. The fourth-seeded Govortsova will play Nathalie Vierin of Italy in the second round of the clay-court tournament. Vierin beat Anastasia Rodionova of Russia 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Akiko Morigami of Japan retired while trailing Aiko Nakamura 3-6, 7-6 (6), 4-1. Also, Andreja Klepac of Slovenia beat the fifth-seeded Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-3, 7-6 (2); Stephanie Dubois of Canada defeated Julie Ditty of the United States 6-2, 6-3. Tsonga outlasts Montanes In Morocco, No. 1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France won in straight sets Monday and led the top five seeded players into the second round of the Grand Prix Hassan II tournament. Tsonga defeated Albert Montanes, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (10) to earn a second-round meeting against Algerian wildcard Lamine Ouahab, who beat Argentina's Martin Vassallo Arguello 7-5, 6-2. Fourth-seed Frenchman Marc Gicquel eliminated Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain 6-3, 6-0. Other top seeds No. 2 Gael Monfils of France, third-seed Agustin Calleri of Argentina and No. 5 Julien Benneteau of France needed three sets to win.
