INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FEDERATION
The ITF has announced the latest results for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, World Group play-offs and Zone Group ties taking place on 18-20 September. A total of 18 ties will be held this weekend.
The winners of the two semifinals will contest the 2015 World Group Final on 27-29 November. The winners of the eight World Group play-offs will qualify for the 2016 World Group, while the losers will contest their respective Zone Group I competition in 2016.
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
GREAT BRITAIN leads AUSTRALIA 2-1
Venue: Emirates Arena, Glasgow, GBR (hard – indoor)
Andy Murray (GBR) d. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 63 60 63
Bernard Tomic (AUS) d. Daniel Evans (GBR) 63 76(2) 67(4) 64
Andy Murray/Jamie Murray (GBR) d. Samuel Groth/Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 46 63 64 67(6) 64
Andy Murray (GBR) v Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Daniel Evans (GBR) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)
ARGENTINA leads BELGIUM 2-1
Venue: Forest National, Brussels, BEL (hard – indoor)
David Goffin (BEL) d. Federico Delbonis (ARG) 75 76(3) 63
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d. Steve Darcis (BEL) 76(5) 76(1) 46 63
Carlos Berlocq/Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d. Ruben Bemelmans/Steve Darcis (BEL) 62 76(2) 57 76(5)
David Goffin (BEL) v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
Steve Darcis (BEL) v Federico Delbonis (ARG)
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
CZECH REPUBLIC leads INDIA 2-1
Venue: R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, New Delhi, IND (hard – outdoor)
Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Yuki Bhambri (IND) 62 61 75
Somdev Devvarman (IND) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 76(3) 64 63
Adam Pavlasek/Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Rohan Bopanna/Leander Paes (IND) 75 62 62
Yuki Bhambri (IND) v Jiri Vesely (CZE)
Somdev Devvarman (IND) v Lukas Rosol (CZE)
SWITZERLAND leads NETHERLANDS 2-1
Venue: Palexpo, Geneva, SUI (hard – indoor)
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) d. Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 26 63 46 63 75
Roger Federer (SUI) d. Jesse Huta Galung (NED) 63 64 63
Matwe Middelkoop/Thiemo de Bakker (NED) d. Roger Federer/Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) 76(7) 46 46 64 61
Roger Federer (SUI) v Thiemo de Bakker (NED)
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) v Jesse Huta Galung (NED)
ITALY leads RUSSIA 2-1
Venue: Sports Palace ‘Baikal-Arena’, Irkutsk, RUS (hard – indoor)
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) 76(2) 61 63
Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 76(8) 62 62
Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Evgeny Donskoy/Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) 75 26 76(5) 76(2)
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) v Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Andrey Rublev (RUS) v Simone Bolelli (ITA)
USA leads UZBEKISTAN 2-1
Venue: Olympic Tennis School, Tashkent, UZB (clay – outdoor)
Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Steve Johnson (USA) 61 36 76(5) 67(3) 75
Jack Sock (USA) d. Farrukh Dustov (UZB) 75 63 62
Steve Johnson/Sam Querrey (USA) d. Farrukh Dustov/Denis Istomin (UZB) 63 62 62
Denis Istomin (UZB) v Jack Sock (USA)
Farrukh Dustov (UZB) v Steve Johnson (USA)
COLOMBIA leads JAPAN 2-1
Venue: Club Campestre, Pereira, COL (clay – outdoor)
Santiago Giraldo (COL) d. Taro Daniel (JPN) 64 63 36 16 64
Kei Nishikori (JPN) d. Alejandro Falla (COL) 76(3) 76(1) 75
Juan-Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah (COL) d. Yoshihito Nishioka/Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 67(4) 62 63 62
Santiago Giraldo (COL) v Kei Nishikori (JPN)
Alejandro Falla (COL) v Taro Daniel (JPN)
GERMANY leads DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2-1
Venue: Centro Nacional De Tenis Parque Del Este, Santo Domingo, DOM (hard – outdoor)
Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) d. Dustin Brown (GER) 64 57 76(3) 76(5)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) d. Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM) 61 63 61
Philipp Kohlschreiber/Philipp Petzschner (GER) d. Victor Estrella Burgos/Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM) 63 62 63
Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM) v Dustin Brown (GER)
CROATIA leads BRAZIL 2-1
Venue: Costao do Santinho Resort, Florianopolis, BRA (clay – outdoor)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) d. Mate Delic (CRO) 61 64 36 64
Borna Coric (CRO) d. Joao Souza (BRA) 64 76(5) 61
Ivan Dodig/Franko Skugor (CRO) d. Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares (BRA) 60 36 76(2) 76(3)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) v Borna Coric (CRO)
Joao Souza (BRA) v Mate Delic (CRO)
POLAND leads SLOVAKIA 2-1
Venue: Gdynia Arena, Gdynia, POL (hard – indoor)
Martin Klizan (SVK) d. Michal Przysiezny (POL) 64 64 64
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Norbert Gombos (SVK) 76(1) 64 67(5) 62
Lukasz Kubot/Marcin Matkowski (POL) d. Andrej Martin/Igor Zelenay (SVK) 63 64 64
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) v Martin Klizan (SVK)
Michal Przysiezny (POL) v Norbert Gombos (SVK)
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I 1ST ROUND PLAY-OFFS
SPAIN defeated DENMARK 3-0
Venue: Odense Idrætshal, Odense, DEN (hard – indoor)
Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Mikael Torpegaard (DEN) 64 63 62
David Ferrer (ESP) d. Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 61 75 62
Rafael Nadal/Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d. Thomas Kromann/Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 64 36 76(4) 64
Frederik Nielsen (DEN) v Rafael Nadal (ESP)
Mikael Torpegaard (DEN) v David Ferrer (ESP)
UKRAINE leads LITHUANIA 2-1
Venue: Siemens Arena, Vilnius, LTU (hard – indoor)
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) d. Vladyslav Manafov (UKR) 64 62 62
Illya Marchenko (UKR) d. Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) 60 61 67(5) 46 63
Illya Marchenko/Denys Molchanov (UKR) d. Ricardas Berankis/Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) 76(4) 67(3) 64 62
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) v Illya Marchenko (UKR)
Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) v Vladyslav Manafov (UKR)
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I RELEGATION PLAY-OFF
CHINA, P.R. defeated THAILAND 3-0
Venue: The National Tennis Development Centre, Nonthaburi, THA (hard – outdoor)
Ze Zhang (CHN) d. Warit Sornbutnark (THA) 61 60 60
Di Wu (CHN) d. Pruchya Isarow (THA) 76(6) 62 62
Mao-Xin Gong/Zhe Li (CHN) d. Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 76(6) 26 76(3) 10 ret.
Pruchya Isarow (THA) v Ze Zhang (CHN)
Warit Sornbutnark (THA) v Di Wu (CHN)
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I 1ST ROUND PLAY-OFF
ECUADOR leads BARBADOS 2-1
Venue: National Tennis Centre, St. Michael, BAR (hard – outdoor)
Darian King (BAR) d. Ivan Endara (ECU) 64 64 62
Emilio Gomez (ECU) d. Haydn Lewis (BAR) 61 76(1) 64
Gonzalo Escobar/Emilio Gomez (ECU) d. Darian King/Russell Moseley (BAR) 63 64 61
Darian King (BAR) v Emilio Gomez (ECU)
Haydn Lewis (BAR) v Ivan Endara (ECU)
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II PROMOTION PLAY-OFFS
PORTUGAL leads BELARUS 2-1
Venue: Clube de Ténis de Viana, Viana do Castelo, POR (clay – outdoor)
Egor Gerasimov (BLR) d. Joao Sousa (POR) 06 16 62 62 64
Gastao Elias (POR) d. Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) 63 76(3) 75
Gastao Elias/Joao Sousa (POR) d. Sergey Betov/Max Mirnyi (BLR) 76(3) 46 63 67(5) 63
Joao Sousa (POR) v Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)
Gastao Elias (POR) v Egor Gerasimov (BLR)
HUNGARY leads BULGARIA 2-1
Venue: Bulgarian National Tennis Center, Sofia, BUL (clay – outdoor)
Peter Nagy (HUN) d. Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL) 64 60 63
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) d. Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) 63 61 61
Tihomir Grozdanov/Aleksandar Lazov (BUL) d. Marton Fucsovics/Levente Godry (HUN) 26 76(3) 64 46 61
Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL) v Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) v Peter Nagy (HUN)
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II PROMOTION PLAY-OFFS
PAKISTAN leads CHINESE TAIPEI 2-1
Venue: Ulusal Tenis Egitim Merkezi Tennis Club, Izmir, TUR (hard – outdoor)
Aqeel Khan (PAK) d. Jui-Chen Hung (TPE) 57 64 61 64
Jimmy Wang (TPE) d. Samir Iftikhar (PAK) 63 62 60
Aqeel Khan/Aisam Qureshi (PAK) d. Chieh-Fu Wang/Jimmy Wang (TPE) 62 63 36 63
Aqeel Khan (PAK) v Jimmy Wang (TPE)
Samir Iftikhar (PAK) v Jui-Chen Hung (TPE)
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II PROMOTION PLAY-OFFS
CHILE defeated VENEZUELA 3-0
Venue: Club Palestino, Santiago, CHI (clay – outdoor)
Gonzalo Lama (CHI) d. Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN) 64 61 75
Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) d. Jordi Munoz-Abreu (VEN) 64 63 63
Christian Garin/Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) d. Luis David Martinez/Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN) 76(0) 64 76(2)
Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) v Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN)
Gonzalo Lama (CHI) v Jordi Munoz-Abreu (VEN)
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