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Swedes beat Americans to reach World Team final

Thu 22nd, May 2008

Dusseldorf, Germany (Sports Network) - Sweden got a pair of singles wins from Robin Soderling and Thomas Johansson on Thursday, as it beat the United States in round-robin play to reach Saturday's final at the $2.34 million ATP World Team Championship, a final clay-court French Open tuneup.

Both Sweden and the U.S. headed into Thursday's action at 2-0 in the four- nation Red Group, but the Swedes captured the group by virtue of an insurmountable 2-0 lead in their best-of-three showdown heading into Friday's doubles match. Soderling came back to top James Blake 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 and the 2002 Australian Open champion Johansson outlasted American Bobby Reynolds 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to propel Sweden into the finale at Rochusclub.

The Swedes haven't won this event since 1995, while the U.S. last won it in 1993.

Also in Red Group action on Day 5, 2007 champion Argentina (0-2) and the Czech Republic (0-2) split a pair of singles matches, as Czech Tomas Berdych held off Guillermo Canas 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 and Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela charged past Michal Tabara 6-0, 6-4. A doubles bout will decide their matchup on Friday.

The Argentines beat the Czechs in last year's finale.

In the four-team Blue Group, Russian Igor Andreev drilled German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-3 and Spaniard David Ferrer snuck past Italian Simone Bolelli 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The Russians, host Germans, Spaniards and Italians are all knotted at 1-1 in the Blue Group, as Friday's activity will decided its representative in the final.

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