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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. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Dominic Oduro gave Columbus the early lead, Federico Higuain converted a penalty kick to in the second half and the Crew cruised to a 3-0 victory over the short-handed Chicago Fire on Saturday night. Oduro took a ball from Jairo Arrieta on the right side of the box in the 15th minute and fired into the far corner for his team-best 11th goal. The Fire (11-12-6) went down a man in the 29th minute when Bakary Soumare was ejected for his challenge of Arrieta just outside the penalty area. Arrieta was tackled by goalkeeper Sean Johnson in the 70th minute and Higuain converted from the spot. Bernardo Anor made it 3-0 in the 76th as the Crew (11-14-5) won their second straight. "We hit the post. We hit the crossbar. We had opportunities," Fire midfielder Jeff Larentowicz said. &quuot;Overall its just not good enough.dddddddddddd" The Crew have won three of four under interim coach Brian Bliss and are eighth with 38 points in the Eastern Conference, but are only two points behind New England for the fifth and final playoff spot. "The change in attitude is that we know we can still make the playoffs," Oduro said. Chicago dropped from fifth into a tie for sixth with Philadelphia at 39 points. The Crew have four matches left, while Chicago, New England and Philadelphia have five. Oduro said getting back into the playoff hunt was more important than scoring against the club that traded him in February. "It felt good but its not our main focus," he said. "Our main focus is getting three points. That (goal) was icing on the cake." Cheap China Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China China NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China ' ' '
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