Philipp Kohlschreiber upset world number four Nikolay Davydenko in five sets in the second Davis Cup singles rubber to bring Germany level at 1-1 against holders Russia in their semi-final in Moscow, yesterday.

World number four Davydenko, who lost 6-7 6-2 6-2 4-6 7-5, looked down and out after losing the second and third sets but battled back to take the fourth and then broke in the fifth game of the decider.

The Russian led 4-2 and held three break points for a 5-2 lead but this time Kohlschreiber performed the heroics.

The 37th-ranked German broke back, then earned the decisive break in the 12th game to finally prevail after four hours and 23 minutes.

Igor Andreev had trounced German number one Tommy Haas 6-2 6-2 6-2 in the opening singles to give the home side a 1-0 lead.

Russia captain Shamil Tarpishchev picked claycourt specialist Andreev over the higher-ranked Mikail Youzhny and Dmitry Tursunov for the singles in the three-day tie on clay and he repaid his captain with a great display of power tennis.

Andreev, who reached the French Open quarter-finals this year, broke world number 11 Haas three times in each of the first two sets, then twice more in the third to record an emphatic victory after just over two hours.

Sweden, US all square

Sweden and the United States were level at 1-1 after yesterday's opening singles matches in the other semi-final in Gothenburg.

Andy Roddick gave the Americans the lead by winning a battle of giant servers with Joachim Johansson 7-6 7-6 6-3 but Thomas Johansson made sure the Swedes remained in contention with a four-set victory over James Blake.

"I played my best tennis today, I came out firing from the start," the former Australian Open champion said after beating a below-par Blake 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3.

Johansson hit 23 aces to beat Blake for the first time.