U.S. team drops second straight
DUESSELDORF, Germany -- The United States fell to its second straight defeat at the Team World Cup and Serbia posted its second victory in two matches on Tuesday.
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Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek won their singles in straight sets, Berdych defeating Andy Roddick 6-1, 6-2 and Stepanek cruising past James Blake 6-2, 6-1.
Serbia also took an unassailable 2-0 lead over Russia.
Viktor Troicki lost only seven points on serve in a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Dmitry Tursunov. Janko Tipsarevic secured Serbia's victory by defeating Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6-1, 6-3.
Russia fell to 0-2.
Defending champion Germany made a winning start to its second Blue Group clash as Florian Mayer dismissed Croatia's Ivan Dodig 6-1, 6-1.
Argentina took a 1-0 lead over Japan in a Red Group match when Leonardo Mayer defeated Tatsuma Ito 6-4, 6-4.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press
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