OSAKA — Takao Suzuki and Satoshi Iwabuchi rolled back the years as Japan took a 2-1 lead in its Davis Cup World Group playoff against Romania on Saturday, the doubles pair steamrollering Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau in straight sets.
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Suzuki and Iwabuchi, both 31, proved too wily for opponents nine years their younger and forced Mergea and Tecau into countless errors on the way to a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory.