David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero cruised to wins over Israeli players Friday, boosting Spain within one victory of the Davis Cup finals. Ferrer needed less than two hours in topping Harel Levy 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 and Ferrero was even more impressive in a 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 rout of Dudi Sela in putting Spain up 2-0 in the best-of-five Davis Cup series in Murcia, Spain. A win in Saturday's doubles match -- in which Spain's Feliciano Lopez and Tommy Robredo are to play Israelis Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram -- or either of Sunday's reverse singles matches would put Spain in the Davis Cup finals for the seventh time overall and fourth time in seven years. Spain won the Davis Cup title last year.

David Ferrer will lead off for defending champion Spain in a Davis Cup semifinal against Israel this weekend on a red clay court in Murcia, Spain. Ferrer, ranked 19th in the world, goes against Israel's Harel Levy, who is ranked 140th, in the first match Friday in the best-of-five series in Murcia. World No.

Israel, which had already clinched a berth in the Davis Cup semifinals, finished its matches with Russia Sunday, posting a final score of 4-1. Harel Levy got the final point, beating Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2) at Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israelis had already built an unbeatable 3-1 advantage Saturday in the best-of-five matches. Israel will go against Spain in the semifinals in September.

The team of Andy Ram and Jonathan Ehrlich won their doubles match in five sets Saturday, leading Israel to its first ever Davis Cup semifinal. Ram and Ehrlich beat Igor Kunitsyn and Marat Safin 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 4-6, 6-4 in a dramatic match at Tel Aviv's Nokia Stadium, giving Israel a 3-0 win over Russia and making Sunday's two scheduled singles matches unnecessary. I actually can't describe how I feel, team captain Eyal Ran said after his team, including singles players Harel Levy and Dudi Sela, made men's tennis history.

Harel Levy and Dudi Sela each won in four sets Friday, putting home-standing Israel ahead 2-0 in its Davis Cup quarterfinals against Russia. Levy, ranked No. 210 in the world, opened the best-of-five series with a 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win over No.