2016-07-18



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DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS RESULTS

17 July 2016

The ITF has announced the final results from the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group quarterfinals and Zone Group ties taking place on 15-17 July. A total of 28 ties have been held this weekend.

In the World Group semifinals, on 16-18 September, Great Britain will be at home to Argentina, and Croatia will be at home to France. The venues will be confirmed in early August.

The World Group play-offs will also be held on 16-18 September. The Draw for the World Group play-offs will take place at the ITF offices in London on Tuesday 19 July at 10:00 (09:00 GMT). The eight seeds will be based on the new ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of Monday 18 July.

The nations competing in the World Group play-offs are:

World Group first round losing nations: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Japan, Kazakhstan, Poland, Switzerland.

Zone Group I second round winning nations: Brazil, Chile, India, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

WORLD GROUP QUARTERFINALS

GREAT BRITAIN defeated SERBIA 3-2

Venue: Tasmajdan Stadium, Belgrade, SRB (clay - outdoor)

Kyle Edmund (GBR) d. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 63 64 60

Dusan Lajovic (SRB) d. James Ward (GBR) 61 63 62

Dominic Inglot/Jamie Murray (GBR) d. Filip Krajinovic/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 61 67(2) 63 64

Kyle Edmund (GBR) d. Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 63 64 76(5)

Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) d. James Ward (GBR) 62 36 75

ARGENTINA defeated ITALY 3-1

Venue: Circolo Tennis Baratoff, Pesaro, ITA (clay - outdoor)

Federico Delbonis (ARG) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 76(4) 36 63 76(3)

Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Juan Monaco (ARG) 61 61 75

Juan Martin del Potro/Guido Pella (ARG) d. Fabio Fognini/Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 61 76(4) 36 36 64

Federico Delbonis (ARG) d. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 64 75 36 75

Andreas Seppi (ITA) v Juan Monaco (ARG) - not played

FRANCE defeated CZECH REPUBLIC 3-1

Venue: Werk Arena, Trinec, CZE (hard - indoor)

Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 64 36 46 76(8) 64

Lucas Pouille (FRA) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 76(2) 64 75

Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d. Lukas Rosol/Radek Stepanek (CZE) 61 36 63 46 64

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 46 76(3) 64 75

Lukas Rosol (CZE) v Lucas Pouille (FRA) - not played

CROATIA defeated USA 3-2

Venue: Tualatin Hills Tennis Center, Portland, USA (hard - outdoor)

Jack Sock (USA) d. Marin Cilic (CRO) 46 36 63 64 64

John Isner (USA) d. Borna Coric (CRO) 64 64 63

Ivan Dodig/Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) 62 26 62 64

Marin Cilic (CRO) d. John Isner (USA) 76(9) 63 64

Borna Coric (CRO) d. Jack Sock (USA) 64 36 63 64



Singles wins on Sunday for Marin Cilic and Borna Coric helped Croatia come back to win a #DavisCup tie from 0-2 down for the first time in its history! A 3-2 win over USA sent Croatia through to the semifinals. Its reward? A home tie against France! #IdemoHrvatska #USACRO #ShowYourColours - Photo by @daviscuptennis via Instagram.

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND

SPAIN defeated ROMANIA 4-1

Venue: Sala Polivalenta Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, ROU (hard - indoor)

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) d. Marius Copil (ROU) 76(4) 57 64 36 63

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) 63 62 61

Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau (ROU) d. Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez (ESP) 36 61 16 75 63

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) d. Florin Mergea (ROU) 64 63 62

Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) 63 76(5)

UKRAINE defeated AUSTRIA 3-2

Venue: Campa Tennis Club, Bucha, Kiev, UKR (hard - outdoor)

Illya Marchenko (UKR) d. Dennis Novak (AUT) 76(3) 57 63 62

Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Gerald Melzer (AUT) 63 64 63

Jurgen Melzer/Philipp Oswald (AUT) d. Denys Molchanov/Artem Smirnov (UKR) 63 76(7) 63

Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Illya Marchenko (UKR) 36 63 36 75 63

Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Dennis Novak (AUT) 63 63 67(8) 75

RUSSIA defeated NETHERLANDS 4-1

Venue: National Tennis Center, Moscow, RUS (hard - outdoor)

Andrey Rublev (RUS) d. Robin Haase (NED) 76(2) 63 64

Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) d. Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 67(3) 76(4) 64 64

Konstantin Kravchuk/Andrey Rublev (RUS) d. Robin Haase/Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 63 64 75

Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) d. Robin Haase (NED) 64 76(5)

Matwe Middelkoop (NED) d. Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 46 61 64

SLOVAKIA defeated HUNGARY 3-0

Venue: Europe Tennis Center, Budapest, HUN (clay - outdoor)

Andrej Martin (SVK) d. Peter Nagy (HUN) 64 62 64

Jozef Kovalik (SVK) d. Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 67(5) 64 76(5) 61

Andrej Martin/Igor Zelenay (SVK) d. Marton Fucsovics/Levente Godry (HUN) 62 62 63

Marton Fucsovics (HUN) v Andrej Martin (SVK) - not played

Peter Nagy (HUN) v Jozef Kovalik (SVK) - not played

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND

INDIA defeated KOREA, REP. 4-1

Venue: Chandigarh Club Limited, Chandigarh, IND (grass - outdoor)

Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) d. Hong Seong Chan (KOR) 63 26 63 65 ret.

Saketh Myneni (IND) d. Lim Yong-Kyu (KOR) 61 36 64 36 52 ret.

Rohan Bopanna/Leander Paes (IND) d. Chung Hong/Hong Seong Chan (KOR) 63 64 64

Rohan Bopanna (IND) d. Chung Hong (KOR) 36 64 64

Lim Yong-Kyu (KOR) d. Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 63 57 76(2)

UZBEKISTAN defeated CHINA, P.R. 3-2

Venue: Olympic Tennis School, Tashkent, UZB (clay - outdoor)

Zhang Ze (CHN) d. Farrukh Dustov (UZB) 16 64 64 62

Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Wu Di (CHN) 64 64 62

Farrukh Dustov/Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Gong Mao-Xin/Li Zhe (CHN) 64 36 63 64

Zhang Ze (CHN) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) 36 75 26 61 64

Farrukh Dustov (UZB) d. Wu Di (CHN) 76(1) 63 76(5)

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND

BRAZIL defeated ECUADOR 3-1

Venue: Arena Minas Tenis Clube, Belo Horizonte, BRA (hard - indoor)

Emilio Gomez (ECU) d. Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) 46 75 60 64

Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) d. Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 75 76(3) 36 63

Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares (BRA) d. Emilio Gomez/Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 67(4) 63 63 62

Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) d. Emilio Gomez (ECU) 76(11) 67(6) 62 75

Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) v Roberto Quiroz (ECU) – not played

CHILE defeated COLOMBIA 3-1

Venue: Centro Recreacional de Ejercito Huayquique, Iquique, CHI (clay - outdoor)

Santiago Giraldo (COL) d. Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 62 64 63

Gonzalo Lama (CHI) d. Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) 62 75 60

Nicolas Jarry/Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) d. Juan-Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah (COL) 64 26 62 67(4) 76(5)

Gonzalo Lama (CHI) d. Santiago Giraldo (COL) 64 5-2 def.

Nicolas Jarry (CHI) v Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) – not played

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II SECOND ROUND

LITHUANIA defeated SOUTH AFRICA 3-2

Venue: Azuolynas Tennis Centre, Kaunas, LTU (clay - outdoor)

Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) d. Tucker Vorster (RSA) 67(1) 63 63 62

Lukas Mugevicius (LTU) d. Lloyd Harris (RSA) 36 76(5) 60 64

Raven Klaasen/Ruan Roelofse (RSA) d. Laurynas Grigelis/Lukas Mugevicius (LTU) 61 61 63

Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) d. Lloyd Harris (RSA) 61 61 63

Tucker Vorster (RSA) d. Tadas Babelis (LTU) 63 62

BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA defeated TURKEY 3-1

Venue: Javna Ustanova Za Sport, Odmor I Rekreaciju, Bihac, BIH (clay - outdoor)

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) d. Cem Ilkel (TUR) 75 61 46 61

Marsel Ilhan (TUR) d. Mirza Basic (BIH) 76(9) 57 26 63 75

Mirza Basic/Tomislav Brkic (BIH) d. Marsel Ilhan/Cem Ilkel (TUR) 62 64 61

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) d. Marsel Ilhan (TUR) 63 60 76(5)

Mirza Basic (BIH) v Cem Ilkel (TUR) - not played

BELARUS defeated LATVIA 4-1

Venue: National Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, BLR (hard - outdoor)

Ilya Ivashka (BLR) d. Martins Podzus (LAT) 64 62 75

Yaraslau Shyla (BLR) d. Mikelis Libietis (LAT) 62 61 63

Mikelis Libietis/Martins Podzus (LAT) d. Aliaksandr Bury/Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) 36 63 64 76(2)

Ilya Ivashka (BLR) d. Janis Podzus (LAT) 62 75 60

Yaraslau Shyla (BLR) d. Rudolfs Mednis (LAT) 76(6) 63

DENMARK defeated FINLAND 3-2

Venue: Lyngbyhallen, Kongens Lyngby, DEN (carpet - indoor)

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Mikael Torpegaard (DEN) 76(1) 75 62

Frederik Nielsen (DEN) d. Harri Heliovaara (FIN) 64 63 76(5)

Thomas Kromann/Frederik Nielsen (DEN) d. Jarkko Nieminen/Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) 61 63 46 46 64

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 63 36 61 76(3)

Mikael Torpegaard (DEN) d. Harri Heliovaara (FIN) 46 36 76(2) 61 75

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II RELEGATION PLAY-OFFS

NORWAY defeated LUXEMBOURG 3-2

Venue: Tennis Club Cap on Line, Capellen, LUX (hard - outdoor)

Casper Ruud (NOR) d. Alex Knaff (LUX) 62 64 64

Viktor Durasovic (NOR) d. Ugo Nastasi (LUX) 64 36 62 62

Gilles Kremer/Mike Scheidweiler (LUX) d. Viktor Durasovic/Casper Ruud (NOR) 62 62 57 60

Ugo Nastasi (LUX) d. Casper Ruud (NOR) 76(5) 26 76(0) 67(4) 64

Viktor Durasovic (NOR) d. Gilles Kremer (LUX) 76(2) 63 46 46 63

TUNISIA defeated BULGARIA 3-2

Venue: Tennis Courts of Cité Nationale Sportive, Tunis, TUN (hard - outdoor)

Mohamed Aziz Dougaz (TUN) d. Aleksandar Lazov (BUL) 76(4) 64 26 75

Malek Jaziri (TUN) d. Alexandar Lazarov (BUL) 64 64 61

Malek Jaziri/Skander Mansouri (TUN) d. Alexandar Lazarov/Vasko Mladenov (BUL) 64 64 63

Vasko Mladenov (BUL) d. Moez Echargui (TUN) 67(5) 75 76(5)

Alexandar Lazarov (BUL) d. Mohamed Aziz Dougaz (TUN) 46 64 76(1)

MONACO defeated EGYPT 3-1

Venue: Monte-Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, MON (clay - outdoor)

Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) d. Benjamin Balleret (MON) 61 57 64 62

Romain Arneodo (MON) d. Sherif Sabry (EGY) 67(6) 36 64 62 62

Romain Arneodo/Benjamin Balleret (MON) d. Sherif Sabry/Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 61 62 62

Benjamin Balleret (MON) d. Youssef Hossam (EGY) 46 61 61 61

Romain Arneodo (MON) v Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) - not played

GEORGIA defeated ZIMBABWE 3-2

Venue: Mziuri Tennis Club, Tbilisi, GEO (hard - outdoor)

Benjamin Lock (ZIM) d. George Tsivadze (GEO) 36 60 75 67(2) 64

Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) d. Mark Fynn (ZIM) 63 63 62

Benjamin Lock/Courtney John Lock (ZIM) d. Nikoloz Basilashvili/Nodar Itonishvili (GEO) 36 36 76(6) 64 64

Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) d. Benjamin Lock (ZIM) 63 64 62

George Tsivadze (GEO) d. Mark Fynn (ZIM) 63 75 63

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II SECOND ROUND

CHINESE TAIPEI defeated PHILIPPINES 3-1

Venue: Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, PHI

Chen Ti (TPE) d. Ruben Gonzales (PHI) 62 26 62 62

Huang Liang-Chi (TPE) d. Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI) 61 36 67(4) 61 10 ret.

Ruben Gonzales/Treat Huey (PHI) d. Hung Jui-Chen/Wang Chieh-Fu (TPE) 67(7) 62 63 64

Chen Ti (TPE) d. Jeson Patrombon (PHI) 36 76(4) 60 61

Ruben Gonzales (PHI) v Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) - not played

THAILAND defeated VIETNAM 5-0

Venue: The National Tennis Development Center, Nonthaburi, THA

Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) d. Nam Hoang Ly (VIE) 36 61 60 ret.

Pruchya Isarow (THA) d. Thien Nguyen Hoang (VIE) 57 62 64 62

Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) d. Nam Hoang Ly/Thien Nguyen Hoang (VIE) 64 64 64

Pruchya Isarow (THA) d. Minh Tuan Pham (VIE) 63 46 76(4)

Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) d. Dac Tien Nguyen (VIE) 60 63

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II RELEGATION PLAY-OFFS

KUWAIT defeated MALAYSIA 4-1

Venue: Kuwait Tennis Federation Center, Meshref, KUW (hard - outdoor)

Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW) d. Mohd Assri Merzuki (MAS) 76(4) 76(5) 64

Abdullah Maqdes (KUW) d. Syed Mohammad Agil Naguib (MAS) 67(7) 76(7) 63 63

Mohammad Ghareeb/Abdullah Maqdes (KUW) d. Mohd Assri Merzuki/Syed Mohammad Agil Naguib (MAS) 67(5) 63 26 64 64

Abdulrahman Alawadhi (KUW) d. Muhammad-Ashaari Bin Zainal-Abidin (MAS) 63 46 63

Hao Sheng Koay (MAS) d. Hamed Al Solaiteen (KUW) 62 76(6)

INDONESIA defeated SRI LANKA 5-0

Venue: Gelora Manahan Tennis Stadium Complex, Surakarta, INA (hard - outdoor)

David Agung Susanto (INA) d. Harshana Godamanna (SRI) 64 64 64

Christopher Rungkat (INA) d. Yasitha De Silva (SRI) 62 60 62

Christopher Rungkat/Sunu-Wahyu Trijati (INA) d. Yasitha De Silva/Harshana Godamanna (SRI) 62 63 60

Aditya Hari Sasongko (INA) d. Nishangan Nadaraja (SRI) 60 61

David Agung Susanto (INA) d. Yasitha De Silva (SRI) 63 61

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II SECOND ROUND

PERU defeated MEXICO 4-1

Venue: Club Tennis Las Terrazas Miraflores, Lima, PER (clay - outdoor)

Mauricio Echazu (PER) d. Luis Patino (MEX) 57 64 64 76(3)

Nicolas Alvarez (PER) d. Lucas Gomez (MEX) 63 64 63

Santiago Gonzalez/Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) d. Jorge Brian Panta/Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio (PER) 63 61 63

Mauricio Echazu (PER) d. Lucas Gomez (MEX) 62 64 63

Nicolas Alvarez (PER) d. Luis Patino (MEX) 64 67(2) 63

VENEZUELA defeated EL SALVADOR 3-2

Venue: Complejo Polideportivo de Cuidad Merliot, Santa Tecla, ESA (hard - outdoor)

Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) d. Jordi Munoz-Abreu (VEN) 61 61 75

Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN) d. Alejandro Gonzalez (ESA) 62 60 61

Luis David Martinez/Roberto Maytin (VEN) d. Marcelo Arevalo/Rafael Arevalo (ESA) 64 36 63 76(4)

Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) d. Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN) 61 62 64

Luis David Martinez (VEN) d. Rafael Arevalo (ESA) 61 75 75

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II RELEGATION PLAY-OFFS

GUATEMALA defeated URUGUAY 4-1

Venue: Federación Nacional de Tenis de Campo, Guatemala, GUA (hard - outdoor)

Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA) d. Rodrigo Arus (URU) 75 62 64

Wilfredo Gonzalez (GUA) d. Martin Cuevas (URU) 75 76(2) 63

Martin Cuevas/Marcel Felder (URU) d. Christopher Diaz-Figueroa/Wilfredo Gonzalez (GUA) 64 36 63 36 76(9)

Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA) d. Martin Cuevas (URU) 36 61 36 64 62

Rudy Richter (GUA) d. Santiago Maresca (URU) 76(4) 76(8)

PARAGUAY defeated PUERTO RICO 5-0

Venue: Court Central Victor Manuel Pecci del Club Internacional de Tenis, Asuncion, PAR (clay - outdoor)

Ayed Zatar (PAR) d. Sebastian Arcila (PUR) 63 46 63 61

Diego Galeano (PAR) d. Alex Diaz (PUR) 63 61 61

Diego Galeano/Ayed Zatar (PAR) d. Sebastian Arcila/Alex Diaz (PUR) 62 62 62

Bruno Britez (PAR) d. Sebastian Arcila (PUR) 61 64

Juan Borba (PAR) d. Ignacio Garcia (PUR) 61 64



Game, set and match! Next stop, Great Britain! #VamosArgentina #ITAARG #ShowYourColours - Photo by @daviscuptennis via Instagram.

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