Stepanek, Novak and doubles pair Cyril Suk and Martin Damm will team up for the Czechs against Russia in the Davis Cup first-round tie starting on 7 February.

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Friedel, starting his first cup tie of the season in place of his usual understudy Brad Guzan, could not reach Ambrose's corner and the Austrian midfielder rose to plant his header in the back of the net.

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Starting with the courtship or marriage to their husbands, women would tie knots in the cord to mark the passing of weeks and months.

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