Alcaraz and Bautista give Spain winning start in Davis Cup

VALENCIA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Spain defeated the Czech Republic 3-0 in the opening tie of their Davis Cup group after Carlos Alcarez and Roberto Bautista won their singles matches.

Alcarez had lost the opening set of his match against Tomas Machac after a tie-break, but Machac began to suffer with an injury in the second set and retired after Alcaraz had leveled their match after claiming the second set 6-1.