BORAS, SWEDEN: Robin Soderling and the fit-again Joachim Johansson put Sweden firmly in the driving seat on the opening day against Russia. Doubles specialists Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt then finished the job off to hand the hosts an unassailable lead.
The full results are listed below:
R1: Robin Soderling (SWE) d. Igor Andreev (RUS) 63 63 61
R2: Joachim Johansson (SWE) d. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 63 76(4) 64
R3: Simon Aspelin / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) d. Igor Kunitsyn / Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 64 67(6) 76(6) 62
R4: Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d. Simon Aspelin (SWE) 75 62
R5: Igor Andreev (RUS) d. Joachim Johansson (SWE) 76(8) 64