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Britain Defeats Yugoslavia In Davis Cup Quarter Finals BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, May 19 CUP. — Veteran Tony Mottram put Britain in the quarter-finals of the European Zone Davis Cup competition today when he defeated Josip Pallada of Yugoslavia, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 in the fifth and deciding match. Britain thus qualified to meet Italy in the quarter-finals. Britain led two matches to one going into the final two singles contests today, buti Vladimir Fetrovic brought Yugoslavia evenj when he defeated young Rober Becker, playing in his first Davis Cup matches, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. That left it up to Mottram" and Pallada "with the Britisher winning in three sets, taking the final one, easily after being extended in the first two. Meanwhile, at Lausanne, Argentina completed a 5 to 0 rout of Switzerland and at Monte Carlo, Denmark also swept "its series against Monaco.
