Daniel Nestor and Frederic Niemeyer lost their first match as a doubles team in Davis Cup competition Saturday and Canada lost their tie 3-0 to Chile.
Nestor, from Toronto, and Niemeyer, of Deauville, Que., lost to defending Olympic gold medallists Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4 in the third match of the tie. Nestor and Niemeyer dropped to 9-1 in Davis Cup matches.
Earlier Saturday, Massu beat Niemeyer in five sets in a completion of a singles match that was suspended on Friday due to darkness.
In the fifth set, Massu jumped out to an early 3-0 lead but Niemeyer clawed back to even the set. But Massu closed out the match with three straight games to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, much to the delight of the home crowd.
Gonzalez beat Peter Polansky of Thornhill, Ont., on Friday.
The two countries will play the final two matches Sunday with nothing on the line.
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