Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Sept 21: Brazil beat Canada twice yesterday, taking the lead in the Davis Cup World Group qualifying tie.
Fernando Meligeni put Brazil ahead in the first match of the day, defeating Frank Dancevic 6-2 7-5 2-6 7-5.
The 31-year-old Meligeni took nearly three hours to defeat the 17-year-old Canadian in a hard-fought game on a clay court at Rio's Veiga de Almeida University.
"I knew I had to go out there and win, so that's what I did," Meligeni said. "I didn't know too much about Dancevic, so I couldn't really know what to expect. Everyone was telling me that he plays well he serves hard, plays the baseline. He's a very goo player probably even better than he knows."

High temperatures of above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) also took their toll on the Canadian, who looked seemingly exhausted toward the end of long match.
Former world No.1 Gustavo Kuerten then beat Canada's top ranked doubles player, Daniel Nestor 6-4 7-6 (12-10) and 6-0.


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