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But in the end I am really happy to win today.

Leonardo Mayer and Carlos Berlocq gave Argentina a 2-1 lead over Belgium in Saturday’s semifinal, beating Steve Darcis and Ruben Bemelmans in a four-hour match.

In Brussels, Argentina’s world number 39 Leonardo Mayer beat Steve Darcis 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 6-3 after David Goffin, the world number 15, had seen off Federico Delbonis 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) 6-3 to give Belgium the lead.

Argentina are playing their 10th semifinal in 14 years, although they have won only four of those ties and then lost each time in the final.

With this in mind, here was Federer talking to the media Tuesday night after his opening-round win in Cincinnati, in which he amusingly describes his prelude to the match and inadvertently, but certainly not maliciously, mocks all players for not requiring the same warmup time as...

Japan’s fifth-ranked Kei Nishikori, last year’s US Open runner-up, advanced to the ATP and WTA Washington Open quarter-finals Thursday by dispatching Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 6-4.