Spain cruise into last eight of Davis Cup

 　　MADRID, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Davis Cup holders¹ Spain qualified² for the quarterfinals of the competition this Saturday as doubles pairing Marcel Granollers and Marco Lopez won their doubles match 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 against Kazakhstan duo Yuri Schukin and Evegny Korolev.

　　The win sees Spain take an unassailable 3-0 lead against Kazakhstan following Friday's singles wins for Juan Carlos Ferrero and Nicolas Almagro.

　　It is a perfect start for new Davis Cup captain Alex Corretja, who was making his debut³ in the tie, which was held in the northern city of Oviedo.

　　Granollers and Lopez were never in trouble during Saturday's match, which they controlled from the start. Spain's performance is all the more impressive given that the conutry's best players, Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer have said they will not play in the competition this season in order to concentrate on their own careers.

　　Meanwhile Feliciano Lopez and Juan Carlos Velasco, who formed Spain's doubles pairing last year announced they were retiring from the competition after the final win against Argentina last December.

1 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

2 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

3 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。