DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS – COMPLETE TENNIS RESULTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, RAFA HELPS SPAIN CLINCH

Written by: Staff on 19th September 2015

DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS - COMPLETE TENNIS RESULTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, RAFA HELPS SPAIN CLINCH

epa04938917 Spain's Rafael Nadal in action during the doubles match of the Davis Cup World Group playoff tie between Denmark and Spain at the Idraetshal arena in Odense, Denmark, 19 September 2015. EPA/FRANK CILIUS DENMARK OUT |

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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