(April 7, 2013) The ITF has announced the results of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group quarterfinals and zone group ties taking place April 5-7.
The World Group semifinals will take place on 13-15 September, when Czech Republic will host Argentina, and Serbia will host Canada. The World Group play-offs, Zone Group I relegation play-offs and Zone Group II promotion play-offs will also take place over the same weekend.
The draw for the World Group play-offs will be held in London on Wednesday 10 April at 11:00 (BST). The seeds for the draw will be announced on Monday 8 April by 16:00 (BST). The nations competing in the World Group play-offs are:
- World Group first round losing nations: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Germany, Israel, Spain and Switzerland.
- Zone Group I winning nations: Australia, Colombia, Ecuador, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, and Ukraine.
In Asia/Oceania Zone Group II, host nation Pakistan was forced to concede its second round tie in Myanmar after the ITF referee awarded the tie to New Zealand due to an unplayable court.
WORLD GROUP QUARTERFINALS
CANADA defeated ITALY 3-1
Venue: Thunderbird Sports Centre, Vancouver, CAN (hard – indoor)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) d. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 57 46 64 63 63
Milos Raonic (CAN) d. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 64 76(4) 75
Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Daniele Bracciali/Fabio Fognini (ITA) 63 64 36 36 1513
Milos Raonic (CAN) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 64 64 36 75
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) v Fabio Fognini (ITA) not played
SERBIA defeated USA 3-1
Venue: Taco Bell Arena, Boise, ID, USA (hard – indoor)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. John Isner (USA) 76(5) 62 75
Sam Querrey (USA) d. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 76(1) 36 46 61 64
Ilija Bozoljac/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d. Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) 76(5) 76(1) 57 46 1513
Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Sam Querrey (USA) 75 67(4) 61 60
John Isner (USA) v Viktor Troicki (SRB) not played
ARGENTINA defeated FRANCE 3-2
Venue: Parque Roca, Buenos Aires, ARG (clay – outdoor)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 46 62 63 57 62
Juan Monaco (ARG) d. Gilles Simon (FRA) 76(2) 62 64
David Nalbandian/Horacio Zeballos (ARG) d. Julien Benneteau/Michael Llodra (FRA) 36 76(3) 75 63
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Juan Monaco (ARG) 63 63 60
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) d. Gilles Simon (FRA) 64 57 64 64
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated KAZAKHSTAN 3-1
Venue: National Tennis Centre, Astana, KAZ (clay – indoor)
Jan Hajek (CZE) d. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 63 62 64
Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 46 64 62 76(6)
Andrey Golubev/Yuriy Schukin (KAZ) d. Jan Hajek/Radek Stepanek (CZE) 76(2) 64 63
Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) 76(5) 67(2) 76(5) 62
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) v Jan Hajek (CZE) not played
AMERICAS GROUP I – SECOND ROUND
Colombia and Ecuador will contest the World Group play-offs on 13-15 September 2013. Chile will travel to Dominican Republic in a relegation play-off on 13-15 September 2013.
ECUADOR defeated CHILE 3-2
Venue: Umiña Tennis Club, Manta, ECU (hard – outdoor)
Julio-Cesar Campozano (ECU) d. Christian Garin (CHI) 46 62 46 62 97
Paul Capdeville (CHI) d. Emilio Gomez (ECU) 75 61 75
Jorge Aguilar/Paul Capdeville (CHI) d. Emilio Gomez/Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 46 76(5) 63 75
Julio-Cesar Campozano (ECU) d. Paul Capdeville (CHI) 46 76(5) 62 41 ret. (physical exhaustion)
Emilio Gomez (ECU) d. Christian Garin (CHI) 64 46 63 76(1)
COLOMBIA defeated URUGUAY 5-0
Venue: Complejo Tenístico Fabiola Zuluaga, Cúcuta, COL (hard – outdoor)
Santiago Giraldo (COL) d. Marcel Felder (URU) 62 36 61 62
Alejandro Falla (COL) d. Ariel Behar (URU) 62 60 62
Juan-Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah (COL) d. Ariel Behar/Marcel Felder (URU) 64 36 63 57 64
Alejandro Falla (COL) d. Rodrigo Senattore (URU) 60 61
Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) d. Santiago Maresca (URU) 61 60
ASIA/OCEANIA GROUP I – SECOND ROUND
Australia and Japan will contest the World Group play-offs on 13-15 September 2013
AUSTRALIA defeated UZBEKISTAN 3-1
Venue: Sport Complex Pahlavon, Namangan, UZB (clay – indoor)
Bernard Tomic (AUS) d. Farrukh Dustov (UZB) 76(6) 64 64
Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 64 76(1) 36 64
Matthew Ebden/Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Farrukh Dustov/Denis Istomin (UZB) 75 67(4) 64 36 63
Bernard Tomic (AUS) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) 46 62 62 63
Farrukh Dustov (UZB) v Marinko Matosevic (AUS) not played
JAPAN defeated KOREA, REPUBLIC 3-2
Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, JPN (hard – indoor)
Tatsuma Ito (JPN) d. Jeong Suk-Young (KOR) 61 64 64
Go Soeda (JPN) d. Cho Min Hyeok (KOR) 57 26 64 64 62
Lim Yong-Kyu/Nam Ji Sung (KOR) d. Hiroki Moriya/Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 75 61 64
Lim Yong-Kyu (KOR) d. Go Soeda (JPN) 57 76(5) 64 63
Tatsuma Ito (JPN) d. Cho Min Hyeok (KOR) 63 63 60
ASIA/OCEANIA GROUP I – FIRST ROUND PLAY-OFF
Chinese Taipei will host Indonesia in the Asia/Oceania Group I relegation play-off on 13-15 September 2013
CHINA, P.R. defeated CHINESE TAIPEI 5-0
Venue: Tianjin Tennis Center, Tianjin, CHN (hard – outdoor)
Wu Di (CHN) d. Ti Chen (TPE) 16 60 61 64
Ze Zhang (CHN) d. Yang Tsung-Hua (TPE) 75 61 61
Gong Mao-Xin/Li Zhe (CHN) d. Yang Tsung-Hua/Huang Liang-Chi (TPE) 63 63 46 63
Ze Zhang (CHN) d. Ti Chen (TPE) 76(7) 61
Wu Di (CHN) d. Huang Liang-Chi (TPE) 67(5) 64 61
INDIA defeated INDONESIA 5-0
Venue: KSLTA Tennis Stadium, Bangalore, IND (hard – outdoor)
Somdev Devvarman (IND) d. Wisnu Adi Nugroho (INA) 61 62 62
Yuki Bhambri (IND) d. Christopher Rungkat (INA) 63 62 62
Leander Paes/Sanam Singh (IND) d. Elbert Sie/David Agung Susanto (INA) 62 61 64
Somdev Devvarman (IND) d. David Agung Susanto (INA) 63 61
Yuki Bhambri (IND) d. Wisnu Adi Nugroho (INA) 60 61
EUROPE/AFRICA GROUP I – SECOND ROUND
Great Britain, Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine will contest the World Group play-offs on 13-15 September 2013
GREAT BRITAIN defeated RUSSIA 3-2
Venue: Ricoh Arena, Coventry, GBR (hard – indoor)
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d. Dan Evans (GBR) 64 67(5) 64 57 64
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) d. James Ward (GBR) 46 46 75 63 86
Colin Fleming/Jonathan Marray (GBR) d. Victor Baluda/Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 61 64 62
James Ward (GBR) d. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 64 57 57 64 64
Dan Evans (GBR) d. Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 64 64 61
POLAND defeated SOUTH AFRICA 3-1
Venue: Centrum Rekreacyjno-Sportowe, Zielona Góra, POL (hard – indoor)
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Jean Andersen (RSA) 64 63 63
Rik de Voest (RSA) d. Lukasz Kubot (POL) 63 67(3) 75 64
Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (POL) d. Jean Andersen/Rik de Voest (RSA) 75 76(2) 75
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Ruan Roelofse (RSA) 46 63 61 61
Lukasz Kubot (POL) v Jean Andersen (RSA) not played
NETHERLANDS defeated ROMANIA 5-0
Venue: Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibasi, Brasov, ROU (hard – indoor)
Robin Haase (NED) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) 64 64 36 63
Igor Sijsling (NED) d. Victor Hanescu (ROU) 64 76(5) 26 67(5) 62
Robin Haase/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) d. Marius Copil/Victor Hanescu (ROU) 64 75 64
Thiemo de Bakker (NED) d. Marius Copil (ROU) 76(4) 76(2)
Igor Sijsling (NED) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) 16 63 64
UKRAINE defeated SWEDEN 3-2
Venue: Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk, UKR (hard – indoor)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) d. Isak Arvidsson (SWE) 62 60 76(5)
Markus Eriksson (SWE) d. Denys Molchanov (UKR) 75 46 64 64
Johan Brunstrom/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) d. Denys Molchanov/Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 64 63 36 67(3) 64
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) d. Markus Eriksson (SWE) 36 61 64 63
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Isak Arvidsson (SWE) 62 63 75
AMERICAS GROUP II – SECOND ROUND
El Salvador will host Venezuela in the Americas Group II promotion play-off on 13-15 September 2013
EL SALVADOR defeated MEXICO 3-2
Venue: Federacion Salvadoreña de Tenis, Ciudad Merliot, ESA (hard – outdoor)
Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) d. Daniel Garza (MEX) 64 64 67(7) 62
Rafael Arevalo (ESA) d. Miguel Gallardo-Valles (MEX) 62 63 75
Marcelo Arevalo/Rafael Arevalo (ESA) d. Daniel Garza/Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 67(4) 64 46 62 62
Miguel Gallardo-Valles (MEX) d. Alejandro Gonzalez (ESA) 60 63
Rogelio Siller (MEX) d. Andres Weisskopf (ESA) 62 64
VENEZUELA defeated PERU 4-1
Venue: Estadio Alejandro Olmedo, Arequipa, PER (clay – outdoor)
Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN) d. Duilio Beretta (PER) 75 62 62
David Souto (VEN) d. Mauricio Echazu (PER) 46 62 64 75
Luis David Martinez/David Souto (VEN) d. Duilio Beretta/ Sergio Galdos (PER) 63 67(3) 63 76(5)
Luis David Martinez (VEN) d. Jorge Brian Panta (PER) 36 76(4) 63
Mauricio Echazu (PER) d. Piero Luisi (VEN) 62 75
AMERICAS GROUP II – RELEGATION PLAY-OFF
Haiti and Puerto Rico relegated to Americas Group III in 2014
BARBADOS defeated PUERTO RICO 3-1
Venue: National Tennis Centre, St Michael, BAR (hard – outdoor)
Darian King (BAR) d. Christian Garay (PUR) 62 61 60
Alex Llompart (PUR) d. Seanon Williams (BAR) 62 63 61
Darian King/Haydn Lewis (BAR) d. Gilberto Alvarez/Alex Llompart (PUR) 63 64 61
Darian King (BAR) d. Alex Llompart (PUR) 57 63 64 63
Haydn Lewis (BAR) v Christian Garay (PUR) not played
GUATEMALA defeated HAITI 4-1
Venue: Centre Court, Guatemala, GUA (hard – outdoor)
Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA) d. Hillel Rousseau (HAI) 63 61 61
Olivier Sajous (HAI) d. Sebastien Vidal (GUA) 76(5) 75 61
Christopher Diaz-Figueroa/Sebastien Vidal (GUA) d. Joel Allen/Olivier Sajous (HAI) 63 67(5) 46 63 64
Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA) v Olivier Sajous (HAI) 62 61 64
Luciano Ramazzini (GUA) v Hillel Rousseau (HAI) 60 61
ASIA/OCEANIA GROUP II – SECOND ROUND
Philippines will host New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Group II promotion play-off on 13-15 September 2013
NEW ZEALAND defeated PAKISTAN 4-1 The tie has been awarded to New Zealand due to an unplayable court
Venue: Pun Hlaing Golf & Country Club, Yangon, MYA (grass – outdoor)
Aqeel Khan (PAK) d. Artem Sitak (NZL) 75 36 62 75
Daniel King-Turner (NZL) d. Aisam Qureshi (PAK) 26 63 03 def.
Marcus Daniell/Daniel King-Turner (NZL) d. Aqeel Khan/Aisam Qureshi (PAK) w/o
Daniel King-Turner (NZL) d. Aqeel Khan (PAK) w/o
Artem Sitak (NZL) d. Aisam Qureshi (PAK) w/o
PHILIPPINES defeated THAILAND 4-1
Venue: Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Lapu-Lapu, PHI (clay – outdoor)
Ruben Gonzales (PHI) d. Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) 67(6) 64 30 ret. (cramp)
Danai Udomchoke (THA) d. Johnny Arcilla (PHI) 63 62 16 62
Francis Casey Alcantara/Treat Huey (PHI) d. Pruchya Isarow/Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA) 63 63 76(4)
Ruben Gonzalez (PHI) d. Danai Udomchoke (THA) 64 63 62
Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI) d. Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) 64 46 60
ASIA/OCEANIA GROUP II – RELEGATION PLAY-OFF
Lebanon and Syria are relegated to Asia/Oceania Group III in 2014
SRI LANKA defeated LEBANON 3-2
Venue: Automobile et Touring Club du Liban, Jounieh, LIB (clay – outdoor)
Bassam Beidas (LIB) d. Dineshkanthan Thangarajah (SRI) 61 62 61
Harshana Godamanna (SRI) d. Karim Alayli (LIB) 63 63 62
Harshana Godamanna/Rajeev Rajapakse (SRI) d. Bassam Beidas/Patrick Chucri (LIB) 67(6) 76(3) 63 64
Bassam Beidas (LIB) d. Harshana Godamanna (SRI) 64 67(5) 63 63
Dineshkanthan Thangarajah (SRI) d. Karim Alayli (LIB) 62 64 61
KUWAIT defeated SYRIA 3-2
Venue: Kuwait Tennis Federation Center, Mishref, KUW (hard – outdoor)
Issam Haitham Taweel (SYR) d. Naser Al Obaidly (KUW) 61 75 60
Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW) d. Marc Abdelnour (SYR) 64 63 64
Hassan Al Mousa/Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW) d. Marc Abdelnour/Majdi Salim (SYR) 61 63 62
Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW) d. Issam Haitham Taweel (SYR) 67(4) 63 62 63
Marc Abdelnour (SYR) d. Naser Al Obaidly (KUW) 63 64
EUROPE/AFRICA GROUP II – SECOND ROUND
Finland will host Latvia, and Moldova hosts Portugal in the Europe/Africa Group II promotion play-off on 13-15 September 2013.
FINLAND defeated IRELAND 3-2
Venue: Castleknock Tennis Club, Dublin, IRL (hard – indoor)
Harri Heliovaara (FIN) d. James McGee (IRL) 46 64 76(1) 67(4) 64
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Colin O’Brien (IRL) 61 62 60
Henri Kontinen/Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Sam Barry/Colin O’Brien (IRL) 62 61 64
Daniel Glancy (IRL) d. Micke Kontinen (FIN) 62 26 62
Colin O’Brien (IRL) d. Harri Heliovaara (FIN) w/o
LATVIA defeated MONACO 3-2
Venue: Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, FRA (clay – outdoor)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d. Jean-Rene Lisnard (MON) 62 63 63
Benjamin Balleret (MON) d. Andis Juska (LAT) 36 62 64 63
Benjamin Balleret/Guillaume Couillard (MON) d. Ernests Gulbis/Andis Juska (LAT) 64 64 62
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d. Benjamin Balleret (MON) 62 60 61
Andis Juska (LAT) d. Jean-Rene Lisnard (MON) 26 64 61 31 ret (left thigh injury)
MOLDOVA defeated BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA 3-1
Venue: Teniski Klub Mostar, Mostar, BIH (clay – outdoor)
Radu Albot (MDA) d. Tomislav Brkic (BIH) 63 76(3) 63
Damir Dzumhur (BIH) d. Maxim Dubarenco (MDA) 63 26 57 63 64
Radu Albot/Andrei Ciumac (MDA) d. Damir Dzumhur/Ismar Gorcic (BIH) 75 64 63
Radu Albot (MDA) d. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 67(4) 46 64 63 63
Tomislav Brkic (BIH) v Maxim Dubarenco (MDA) not played
PORTUGAL defeated LITHUANIA 5-0
Venue: Club Internacional de Football, Lisbon, POR (clay – outdoor)
Gastao Elias (POR) d. Lukas Mugevicius (LTU) 60 61 62
Pedro Sousa (POR) d. Dovydas Sakinis (LTU) 62 64 60
Gastao Elias/Rui Machado (POR) d. Mantas Bugailiskis/Lukas Mugevicius (LTU) 63 60 62
Frederico Gil (POR) d. Kasparas Zemaitelis (LTU) 61 63
Rui Machado (POR) d. Lukas Mugevicius (LTU) 62 60
EUROPE/AFRICA GROUP II – RELEGATION PLAY-OFF
Benin, Estonia, Hungary and Tunisia are relegated to Europe Group III in 2014
BULGARIA defeated ESTONIA 3-0
Venue: TC Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Plovdiv, BUL (clay – outdoor)
Tihomir Grozdanov (BUL) d. Vladimir Ivanov (EST) 64 61 63
Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) d. Markus Kerner (EST) 62 61 62
Tihomir Grozdanov/Alexander Lazov (BUL) d. Mikk Irdoja/Vladimir Ivanov (EST) 46 67(4) 76(2) 64 63
Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) v Vladimir Ivanov (EST) cancelled due to rain
Tihomir Grozdanov (BUL) v Markus Kerner (EST) cancelled due to rain
BELARUS defeated TUNISIA 3-2
Venue: Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, TUN (clay – outdoor)
Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) d. Mohamed Haythem Abid (TUN) 63 63 75
Malek Jaziri (TUN) d. Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 75 36 60 63
Alexander Bury/Max Mirnyi (BLR) d. Mohamed Haythem Abid/Malek Jaziri (TUN) 63 61 75
Malek Jaziri (TUN) d. Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) 64 61 61
Mohamed Haythem Abid (TUN) d. Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 67(5) 64 61 57 64
LUXEMBOURG defeated HUNGARY 4-1
Venue: Budapesti Elektromos Sportegyesület Sportcsarnoka, Budapest, HUN (hard – indoor)
Attila Balazs (HUN) d. Ugo Nastasi (LUX) 64 76(3) 61
Gilles Muller (LUX) d. Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 63 64 60
Gilles Muller/Mike Scheidweiler (LUX) d. Marton Fucsovics/Levente Godry (HUN) 46 62 63 60
Gilles Muller (LUX) d. Attila Balazs (HUN) 67(1) 62 63 46 97
Gilles Kremer (LUX) d. Viktor Filipenko (HUN) 67(7) 64 76(5)
CYPRUS defeated BENIN 3-2
Venue: National Tennis Centre, Nicosia, CYP (hard – outdoor)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. Jean Segodo (BEN) 61 61 61
Alexis Klegou (BEN) d. Petros Chrysochos (CYP) 46 61 64 62
Marcos Baghdatis/Rares Cuzdriorean (CYP) d. Alexis Klegou/Magloire Yakpa (BEN) 62 75 61
Alexis Klegou (BEN) d. Rares Cuzdriorean (CYP) 62 46 63 62
Petros Chrysochos (CYP) d. Magloire Yakpa (BEN) 61 61 60
