Birmingham, Alabama  - US doubles twins Bob and Mike Bryan combined for their record-setting 15th victory in the Davis Cup to seize a 2-1 lead over Switzerland on Saturday.

The 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2) defeat of Swiss Stan Wawrinka and Yves Allegro leaves the 32-time champion hosts within one win from a place in the quarter-finals next July in Croatia.

Andy Roddick will take on Wawrinka on Sunday to try to ice the tie.

The Bryans have become the most successful doubles paring in American Davis history after compiling a 15-2 record.

Benidorm, Spain  - Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer made up for lost time on Saturday with crushing wins in a delayed Davis Cup World Group tie before Serbia prevented a sweep with a face-saving doubles victory.

Nadal returned to action at a tie postponed by 24 hours due to high winds at the Mediterranean resort, hammering Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-1, 6-0, 6-2.

Teammate David Ferrer followed on in a revenge rerun of last weekend's Dubai final as he made it 2-0 to the defending champion by beating Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3, 7-6
(7-4).

Birmingham, Alabama  - Andy Roddick stepped in to clean up the mess left by James Blake's loss, pulling the 32-time champion US level 1-1 with Switzerland on day one of their Davis Cup World Group tie on Friday.

The top American crushed Marco Chiudinelli 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) to restore order to a tie in which the hosts were installed as heavy favourites due to the absence of Roger Federer across the net.

Birmingham, Alabama  - James Blake crumbled under serving pressure as Stan Wawrinka handed Switzerland the 1-0 lead over the heavily favoured US on Friday in their Davis Cup World Group first round.

The 16th-ranked Swiss fought back in three hours to secure a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) win against Blake, whose game has been off the boil for six months.

"I feel bad about letting the team down," said Blake. "But the team has picked me up many times before. After I beat myself up for a few more hours, I'll be ready to play on Sunday."

Malmo/Stockholm - Swedish police officers Friday greatly outnumbered demonstrators as play got underway at the arena hosting the Davis Cup tie between Sweden and Israel.

The tie in the southern city of Malmo is been played behind closed doors. The first match featured Sweden's Thomas Johansson against Israel's Harel Levi.

It has been classified as a high-risk event over potential protests by groups wanting to protest against the recent Israeli offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

Benidorm, Spain  - The first day of play between title- holders Spain and Serbia was put off Friday after strong winds damaged the stadium, officials at the International Tennis Federation confirmed.

Powerful gusts had "blown off some of the rows of the stands" and impacted the stability of the stadium, said Soren Frienel of the ITF. Officials were hoping that play could begin Saturday in the eastern Spanish Mediterranean resort town of Benidorm.