Israel Tennis Team Celebrates Historic Victory at Davis Cup
Jul 13th 2009 at 12:07pm
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Israel won a place in the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time ever on Saturday after a historic victory over Russia.
The Israeli national doubles team, Andy Ram and Yoni Erlich, closed out a 3-0 series sweep for Israel in its quarterfinal against Russia, defeating Marat Safin and Igor Kunitsyn in five sets, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 4-6, 6-4 in front of a capacity crowd at Tel Aviv’s Nokia Arena.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Israel Tennis Association Director-General Moshe Haviv on Saturday by saying: “You have filled the nation’s heart with pride.”
Watch footage of the match point and read the full story at Haaretz.
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