WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria (AP) — Jurgen Melzer eased past Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 Sunday to help Austria reach the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup for the first time since 1995.
Melzer’s victory gave Austria an insurmountable 3-1 lead and set up a quarterfinal tie against defending champion Spain in April.
Two-time champion Russia lost its opening series for a second straight year.
On Friday, Melzer won Austria’s first point against Igor Kunitsyn and Bogolomov made his Davis Cup debut but lost to Andreas Haider-Maurer. Russia won Saturday’s doubles.
Haider-Maurer and Kunitsyn were to play the meaningless final singles match later Sunday.
