For us, the direct qualification for the next year would certainly be a giant matter, said Kuhlmann on Tuesday evening after the 2-1 quarter-final success over Great Britain . On Wednesday morning, the German tennis gentlemen travel to Madrid. There is on Saturday the semi-finals either against Russia or outsider Sweden. The two possible counterparties are only opposite on Thursday in the quarterfinals. That will definitely be a pretty tricky task. But as we have presented here, I'm actually good things that we definitely calculate ourselves there opportunities, said the 47-year-old Kuhlmann. Before the success of Tuesday evening, the German Davis Cup selection last reached the semi-finals last in 2007. At the quarter-final success against Belgium, Kuhlmann was still as a player. In Innsbruck, Jan-Lennard Stuff provided 7: 6 (8: 6), 3: 6, 6: 2 against the World Rand list Twined Cameron Norris and Kevin Gleiwitz and Tim Putz for the two necessary points. Double Gleiwitz / Putz ...