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• There are a number of factors that Martin Laurendeau must consider before a decision is made on the Canadian roster for Davis Cup play. ing is to have everyone playing, everyone healthy and then well select (the lineup) accordingly depending on whos showing the best form that early in the season," Laurendeau said. Injuries have been a problem for the Canadians over the last few years. Polansky and Dancevic have had some injury issues and Raonic had to bow out of a key Davis Cup match last February against France due to a knee problem that did not prove to be serious. Its also unclear who might be the best fit to play with Nestor, who has been a dominant force on the doubles circuit for years. Laurendeau has said Nestors partner will be whoever is playing the best at the time. "Thats where his experience comes into play," Laurendeau said of the doubles veteran. "The ideal scenario is to play with the same guy every match of the year but come Olympics and Davis Cup thats difficult to do. "Hes important to the team because of his experience and his ability to play with whoever is thrown out there with him." The tie will begin with two singles matches on the Friday of Davis Cup week. The doubles match goes Saturday and reverse singles are set for Sunday. "Doubles on Saturday is always an important point and weve lost the last couple of points on Saturday, the last two times that we played," Laurendeau said. "Weve really got to address that, the fact that if we want to beat Spain, were going to have to come out with a win on Saturday this time around for sure." Raonics performance will be particularly critical for the 12th-ranked Canadian side at the 6,500-seat venue. "Hes a guy that trains really hard in the off-season and its not a coincidence that hes done well early in the season the last two years," Laurendeau said. 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Mike Fiers pitched a scoreless ninth for Milwaukee. Notes: Lawrie left the game with right knee soreness. ... Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said 1B Travis Ishikawa, who is recovering from a left oblique strain, and INF Cesar Izturis, who has been out with a strained left hamstring, both are nearing a return. ... Roenicke said right-handed starter Shaun Marcum, who has tightness in his pitching elbow, might have to go on the disabled list to allow the Brewers to bring up another pitcher. ' ' '

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