The curious thing about Spain's defeat of the U.S. in last week's Davis Cup interzone semifinal was that it wasn't even an upset. True, Spain had never exactly been a world power in tennis, but it did boast the world's best clay-court player in Manuel Santana, 27, a tenacious, skillful shotmaker who had won his last eight Davis Cup singles matches without losing a set. And when the visiting Americans got a look at the copper-colored center court at Barcelona's Real Club de Tenis, they knew they were in trouble. Slowed even more than...
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