BELGIUM 1, AUSTRALIA 1 Brussels, Belgium (Indoor Clay) Two Top 25 players on the ATP World Tour stepped up big for their countries on Friday during the Davis Cup semi-final between Belgium and Australia. To start the day, World No. 12 David Goffin came back to beat John Millman 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 to give Belgium a 1-0 lead. Goffin has now won 14 of his past 15 Davis Cup singles matches. His only loss during that stretch came in the 2015 Davis Cup final against Great Britain's Andy Murray. But World No. 20 Nick Kyrgios of Australia evened the semi-final by coming back from two-sets-to-one down to beat Steve Darcis 6-3, 3-6, 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2. Belgium is attempting to...
AUSTRALIA vs. BELGIUM Brussels, Belgium (Indoor Clay) World No. 12 David Goffin will try to push Belgium into its second Davis Cup final of the past three years when the Belgians take on Australia in the Davis Cup semi-finals, which start on Friday. Goffin and his countrymen will have their work cut out for them in Brussels. Australia is bringing World No. 20 Nick Kyrgios; John Millman, who's coming off a third-round run at the US Open and will be making his Davis Cup debut; Jordan Thompson, who upset American Jack Sock in New York; and John Peers, No. 2 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings. In addition to Goffin, Belgium will be represented by No. 77 Steve Darcis, No....
BELGIUM 3, ITALY 2 Spiroudome de Charleroi, Charleroi, BEL (hard - indoor) World No. 14 David Goffin wasted no time in sending Belgium to the Davis Cup semi-finals, ousting Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 in just one hour and 52 minutes on Sunday. In front of the partisan Belgian crowd in Charleroi, Goffin sent the host nation back to the semis for the second time in three years, improving to 13-1 in his last 14 singles rubbers. The 2015 runners-up will welcome Australia in September. "When you see the score it was comfortable, but inside it was not," said Goffin. "You have to stay focused. Especially when you win the first two sets and you think it's the end, but...
FRANCE 3, GREAT BRITAIN 0 Kindarena, Rouen, France (Indoor Clay) Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut overcame Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot 7-6(7), 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 on Saturday to secure France's place in the Davis Cup semi-finals. The French duo gave Les Bleus an unassailable 3-0 lead in their quarter-final tie with Great Britain, surging into the semis for the fifth time in eight years. They advanced when a Murray backhand volley clipped the tape off a Mahut lob, improving to 6-1 in their last seven home ties. Despite the absence of stalwarts Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet, France dropped just one set in reaching the last four, including straight-set victories for Lucas Pouille and Jeremy Chardy on Friday....
SERBIA 2, SPAIN 0 Aleksandar Nikolic Arena, Belgrade, Serbia (Indoor Hard) Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki pushed Serbia to a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup quarter-finals against Spain on Friday. Djokovic improved to 3-0 in his FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry against Albert Ramos-Vinolas with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win. The World No. 2 struck 10 aces and was nearly perfect on serve. The 29-year-old Djokovic erased the only break point he faced and won 88 per cent of his service points (70/80), including 93 per cent of his second-serve points (25/27). “I was especially happy with my serve. It was working very well today,” Djokovic said. “All in all, I’m very pleased. I'm very glad to play for my...