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BELGRADE, Serbia -- With an Olympic gold medal and eight Grand Slam titles in mens doubles tennis, Torontos Daniel Nestor has claimed the sports highest honours. But for the 41-year old, teaming up with Vancouvers Vasek Posipsil to put Canada on the verge of a first ever berth in a Davis Cup final is right up there among the greatest moments in his career. Nestor and Pospisil hung on for a 6-7 (6), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-8 victory over Serbias Nenad Zimonjic and Illja Bozoljac on Saturday. "Its just as good as a gold medal or Wimbledon for sure," said Nestor, who is usually reserved in media interviews but walked into the post-match press conference with a big smile on his face. "Its emotional because this is a team atmosphere and were all in this together and were having a great year. We love the camaraderie and thats whats special." Canada has a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five tie heading into the final two singles matches on Sunday. It was a match Canada couldnt afford to lose with both Milos Raonic and Pospisil heading into Sundays reverse singles matches as underdogs playing against Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic, respectively. Pospisil admitted that he panicked in getting quickly dispatched in straight sets by Djokovic on Friday. But Saturdays match was different. "I was a lot more calm today," said the 23-year old Pospisil. "I wanted to bounce back strong and I was happy to play the way I did today and now Ill try to keep that confidence and momentum for (Sunday) and try to play it sharp as well." In the marathon fifth set, Pospisil got the opportunity to serve for the match after Zimonjic double-faulted before volleying into the net on consecutive points to give Canada the only break. Bozoljacs booming serve caused the Canadians problems all day. "When all four players are playing well its going to come down to a few points here and there," said Pospisil. "Obviously the fifth set its going to come down to a few lucky shots and a few good points and we were fortunate that we took the opportunity when we had it." The several hundred red-clad Canadian supporters had been louder than their Serbian counterparts and were rewarded when Nestor volleyed a return down to seal the victory. After hitting the winning shot, Nestor celebrated with Pospisil before getting mobbed at the Canadian bench. "The people that come to travel here and come to sacrifice their time and support us is amazing," said Nestor, who first rose to prominence as a 19-year-old in 1992 when he beat then world No. 1 Stefan Edberg in a Davis Cup singles match in Vancouver. "We really appreciate it and weve never had support like this on the road before so theyre very deserving and helpful of our victories." Canada forced the fifth set after a frantic tiebreaker in the fourth that saw the teams trade mini-breaks. Zimonjic gave Canada two set-point opportunities when his volley into the net put Canada up 6-4. Pospisil won it on the next point with an ace. Pospisil had trouble getting his first serves in to start the match but Canada still won the first three points of the opening game. But Serbia fought back to break. It took a few games for Pospisil to get comfortable on serve but Nestor looked sharp right from the start, which prevented Canada from going down further. As Pospisil found his serve, Canada eventually broke back in the eighth game to tie the first set 4-4. Canada picked up a mini-break to go up 4-3 in the tiebreak but Serbia came back with two mini-breaks of their own and won the set when Nestor put a shot into the net. Sunday opens with a battle of the top-ranked players, as world No. 1 Djokovic takes on top-Canadian and world No. 11 Raonic, while No. 41 Pospisil takes on 23rd-ranked Tipsarevic in the second match. Fake NMD Human Race For Sale . Replay backed him up. 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Wholesale NMD .Y. - Brooklyn Nets centre Brook Lopez has a strained lower back and will miss at least a week.OSTRAVA, Czech Republic -- Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek won the doubles for the defending champion Czech Republic to take a 2-1 lead over the Netherlands in the Davis Cup first round on Saturday. The Czechs defeated Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) in almost four hours on an indoor hard court at CEZ Arena to improve to a 15-1 record in the cup doubles. The Dutch were trailing 2-0 in the fourth set before coming back and saving three break points at 5-5 after Haase double-faulted twice but the home pair converted their second match point in the tiebreaker with Haase sending a volley too long. "It was the toughest game we have played," Berdych said. "It was extremely hard for us. They were excellent." It was the first defeat in the cup doubles for Haase and Rojer following four victories. "We had our chances but our opponents were unbelievable," Stepanek said "We had to fight till the end." The Czechs, seeking their third straight Davis Cup title, are one win away from the quarterfinals while the Dutch must win both reverse singles on Sunday to reach the quarters for the first time sincee 2005.dddddddddddd On Sunday, Berdych plays Haase then Stepanek faces Igor Sijsling. The winner of the best-of-five series will face either Canada or Japan in April. Berdych and Stepanek saved five set points in the 10th game of the opening set before they broke Haase, and Stepanek served the set out. The Dutch pair wasted 10 break opportunities in the set. In the second set, Stepanek failed to hold his serve in the fourth game and Berdych double-faulted to do likewise, allowing the Dutch to race to a commanding 5-1 lead. Haase hit an ace on the first set point. Berdych was broken again in the seventh game of the third set when his forehand volley hit the net but the Dutch let the Czechs come back after wasting three set points and Haase failed to serve the set out in the 10th game. The Dutch still forced a tiebreaker after saving three set points. Haase became furious when the Czechs jumped to 4-1 for no clear reason, hitting the net three times with his racket before the Czechs prevailed 7-2 with Berdychs backhand volley winner. Berdych had to be treated for a back problem when trailing 5-4 in the third set but said it was not serious. ' ' '

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