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I'll add congratulations to the German team and condolences to the Spanish team.

Kohlschreiber looked healthy and ready and beat Bautista-Agut easily in 3 sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, and he certainly made use of the backhand as I suggested earlier.  Here was the hot shot of the day.



The 2nd match between Mayer and Lopez turned out to be a big battle as I thought it might.
Mayer led 2 sets to love, but Lopez fought back to tie it.  Then in the final set, Mayer broke early and never relinquished it, winning, 7-6(6), 7-6(4), 1-6, 5-7, 6-3.  Mayer was cramping, but fought through and pulled it out.

Here's the final game (starting at around 2:20) :



Now Fernando Verdasco and David Marrero are scheduled in doubles to try and prevent victory for the Germans, represented in the doubles by Tommy Haas and Daniel Brands.

Tough ask for Spain without world #1 Nadal and #5 Ferrer, or numbers 16 and 17, Robredo and Almagro.  Not sure why they are not playing.

Respectfully,
masterclass

Great results for Germany no doubt but both Kohlschreiber and Mayer are a couple of very good and experienced players. Mayer is very in form at the moment while Feli is on his way down. Agut had a very good AO so this DC might have been a bit too soon.

I do like both Kohlschreiber and Mayer a great deal but I also got to like Agut a great deal at the AO and I've always liked Feli but not because of his good looks - don't care for that - just that he's got a very good game. Seems very well rounded. He's mentally very weak however.