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Argentine, Russian teams train for Davis Cup
16/9/2008 9:38

Argentine and Russian teams trained today in the central stadium of Roca Park in the city of Buenos Aires, where on Friday they will open the semifinals of the Davis Cup.

Argentine team formed by David Nalbandian (7th of the world rankings), Juan Martin Del Potro (13th), Agustin Calleri (51st) and Guillermo Canas (55th), trained Monday morning under the supervision of their coaches and the captain Alberto Mancini.

The players complained about the conditions of the court.

At Monday midday arrived Russians Igor Andreev (19th) and Dmitry Tursunov (26th) but Nicolay Davydenko (6th) did not attend the training.

In Russian team, the main last-hour news was the confirmation that Marat Safin (38th) will not compete.

Tuesday at 13:30hrs local time (1630 GMT) the Argentine team will give a press conference a day before the ruffle of the series, which will be played between Friday and Sunday.

The other semi final will be played between Spain and US in Madrid.



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