France, Croatia, and Czech enter last eight

Tommy Robredo and Marcel Granollers came through for defending champion Spain to lead the gritty Swiss 2-1, and David Nalbandian helped swing the tie in Stockholm in Argentina's favour.

Meanwhile, Nicolas Massu and Fernando Gonzalez each won their singles in four sets against Israel to give Chile's first-round tie a much-needed positive start.

Spain moves up

David Ferrer sent Spain into the Davis Cup quarterfinals by beating Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 Sunday in the first reverse singles match.

The win gave Spain an unassailable 3—1 lead.

The results: At Toulon (France): France 3 Germany 1 (Michael Llodra & Julien Benneteau bt Philipp Kohlschreiber & Christopher Kas 6-1, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lost to Simon Greul 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (retd.)

At Logrono (Spain): Spain 3 Switzerland 1 (David Ferrer bt Marco Chiudinelli 6-2, 7-6(5), 6-1; Marcel Granollers & Tommy Robredo bt Stanislas Wawrinka & Yves Allegro 7-6(8), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Ferrer bt Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4, 6-0.

At Stockholm (Sweden): Sweden 1 Argentina 2 (Robert Lindstedt & Robin Soderling lost to David Nalabadian & Horacio Zeballos 6-2, 7-6(4), 7-6(5).

At Varazdin (Crotia): Croatia 3 Ecuador 0 (Marin Cilic bt Giovanni Lapentti 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, Marin Cilic & Ivo Karlovic bt Givoanni Lapentti & Nicolas Lapentti 7-6(3), 6-3, 7-5.

At Belgrade (Serbia): Serbia 2 USA 1 (Viktor Troicki bt John Isner 7-6 (4), 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4, Novak Djokovic bt Sam Querrey 6-2, 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3, Nenad Zimonjic & Janko Tipsarevic lost to Bob Bryan and John Isner 7-6(8), 5-7, 7-6(8), 6-3.

At Bree (Belgium): Belgium 0 Czech Republic 3 (Xavier Malisse lost to Radek Stepanek 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(3), Olivier Rochus & Steve Darcis lost to Tomas Berdych & Radek Stepanek 7-6(0), 6-0, 6-3.