Juan Ignacio Chela survived a five-set match Friday giving Argentina a 2-0 lead in a best-of-five, first-round David Cup match with The Netherlands. Argentina was the 2008 Davis Cup runner-up and is playing this weekend without stars Juan Martin del Potro and David Nalbandian.

Fifth-seeded Argentine Juan Monaco and Argentine wild card Juan Ignacio Chela were among Monday's first-round winners at Movistar Open in Vina del Mar, Chile. Monaco defeated France's Nicolas Devilder 6-2, 6-4 and Chela posted a 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Spaniard Pablo Andujar. Monaco, 24, reached

David Ferrer kept up his surprising run at the U.S. Open, reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal by defeating Juan Ignacio Chela 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 on a quiet Thursday at Flushing Meadows.

By STEVE GUTTERMAN MOSCOW - David Nalbandian beat a struggling Marat Safin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Friday to give Argentina a 1-1 tie with Russia at the Davis Cup final. Nalbandian withstood 21 aces from the powerful but erratic Safin to win on indoor carpet at Moscow's Olympic Stadium.

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko became the first major casualty at the Cincinnati Masters when he lost 6-4 2-6 6-2 to Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela in the opening round on Monday.