Davis Cup Results for September 15, 2018
The ITF has announced the latest results for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals
and World Group play-offs taking place on 14-16 September, the Zone Group I ties taking place on
14-15 September and the Zone Group II ties taking place on 15-16 September (NB: Egypt v Finland is
taking place on 14-15 September). A total of 18 ties will be held this weekend.
The two semifinal winners will contest the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final on 23-25 November. The
eight winners of the World Group play-offs will join the four losing quarterfinalists from 2018 as
seeded nations in the draw for the 2019 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Finals Qualifying Round.
The eight losers of the World Group play-offs are not guaranteed a place in the Davis Cup Finals
Qualifying Round. The 12 unseeded nations in February’s Qualifying Round will be determined by the
Davis Cup Nations Ranking of Monday 17 September, with six nations coming from Europe/Africa,
three from Americas and three from Asia/Oceania.
Live scoring for all ties will be available on the official Davis Cup website throughout the weekend and
live streaming will be available for the World Group semifinals and play-offs. In addition, the English
and Spanish versions of the website will both feature a live blog, reports, photographs, and exclusive
video content.
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
FRANCE defeated SPAIN 3-0
Venue: Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, FRA (hard – indoor)
Benoit Paire (FRA) d. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 75 61 60
Lucas Pouille (FRA) d. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 36 76(5) 64 26 64
Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d. Marcel Granollers/Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 60 64 76(7)
Lucas Pouille (FRA) v Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)
Benoit Paire (FRA) v Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
CROATIA leads USA 2-1
Venue: Sportski centar Visnjik, Zadar, CRO (clay – outdoor)
Borna Coric (CRO) d. Steve Johnson (USA) 64 76(4) 63
Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Frances Tiafoe (USA) 61 63 76(5)
Mike Bryan/Ryan Harrison (USA) d. Ivan Dodig/Mate Pavic (CRO) 75 76(6) 16 67(5) 76(5)
Marin Cilic (CRO) v Steve Johnson (USA)
Borna Coric (CRO) v Frances Tiafoe (USA)
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
ARGENTINA defeated COLOMBIA 3-0
Venue: Estadio Cerrado Doctor Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, ARG (clay – indoor)
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) d. Santiago Giraldo (COL) 63 61 67(3) 61
Guido Pella (ARG) d. Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 36 64 46 63 62
Maximo Gonzalez/Horacio Zeballos (ARG) d. Alejandro Gomez/Cristian Rodriguez (COL) 64 76(3)
67(4) 46 64
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) v Daniel Elahi Galan (COL)
Guido Pella (ARG) v Santiago Giraldo (COL) – not played
GREAT BRITAIN leads UZBEKISTAN 2-1
Venue: Emirates Arena, Glasgow, GBR (hard – indoor)
Daniel Evans (GBR) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) 76(4) 46 06 64 75
Jurabek Karimov (UZB) d. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 06 57 76(6) 62 62
Dominic Inglot/Jamie Murray (GBR) d. Sanjar Fayziev/Denis Istomin (UZB) 46 76(8) 62 63
Cameron Norrie (GBR) v Denis Istomin (UZB)
Daniel Evans (GBR) v Jurabek Karimov (UZB)
AUSTRIA leads AUSTRALIA 2-1
Venue: Messe Congress Graz, Graz, AUT (clay – outdoor)
Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Jordan Thompson (AUS) 61 63 60
Dennis Novak (AUT) d. Alex de Minaur (AUS) 36 62 63 62
Lleyton Hewitt/John Peers (AUS) d. Oliver Marach/Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 61 64 36 75
Dominic Thiem (AUT) v Alex de Minaur (AUS)
Dennis Novak (AUT) v Jordan Thompson (AUS)
SWEDEN leads SWITZERLAND 2-1
Venue: Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel, SUI (hard – indoor)
Markus Eriksson (SWE) d. Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) 36 46 64 76(10) 64
Henri Laaksonen (SUI) d. Jonathan Mridha (SWE) 76(5) 62 63
Markus Eriksson/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) d. Antoine Bellier/Luca Margaroli (SUI) 62 62 64
Henri Laaksonen (SUI) v Markus Eriksson (SWE)
Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) v Jonathan Mridha (SWE)
SERBIA defeated INDIA 3-0
Venue: Kraljevo Sports Venue, Kraljevo, SRB (clay – indoor)
Laslo Djere (SRB) d. Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 36 64 76(2) 62
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) d. Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) 64 63 64
Nikola Milojevic/Danilo Petrovic (SRB) d. Rohan Bopanna/Saketh Myneni (IND) 76(5) 62 76(4)
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) v Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)
Laslo Djere (SRB) v Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)
CANADA leads NETHERLANDS 2-1
Venue: Coca-Cola Coliseum, Toronto, CAN (hard – indoor)
Milos Raonic (CAN) d. Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 63 62 62
Denis Shapovalov (CAN) d. Robin Haase (NED) 36 36 75 63 64
Matwe Middelkoop/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) d. Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 46 63 64 64
Milos Raonic (CAN) v Robin Haase (NED)
Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v Thiemo de Bakker (NED)
HUNGARY leads CZECH REPUBLIC 2-1
Venue: Lurdy Haz, Budapest, HUN (clay – outdoor)
Zsombor Piros (HUN) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 36 64 46 76(3) 75
Lukas Rosol (CZE) d. Mate Valkusz (HUN) 61 62 64
Gabor Borsos/Peter Nagy (HUN) d. Roman Jebavy/Lukas Rosol (CZE) 36 46 61 62 64
Mate Valkusz (HUN) v Jiri Vesely (CZE)
Zsombor Piros (HUN) v Lukas Rosol (CZE)
JAPAN defeated BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA 3-0
Venue: ITC Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, JPN (hard – outdoor)
Taro Daniel (JPN) d. Tomislav Brkic (BIH) 64 62 76(3)
Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) d. Mirza Basic (BIH) 64 63 63
Ben Mclachlan/Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) d. Tomislav Brkic/Nerman Fatic (BIH) 62 64 64
Taro Daniel (JPN) v Mirza Basic (BIH)
Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) v Tomislav Brkic (BIH) – not played
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND PLAY-OFFS
UKRAINE defeated PORTUGAL 3-1
Venue: Campa Tennis Club, Bucha, UKR (hard – outdoor)
Joao Sousa (POR) d. Illya Marchenko (UKR) 46 62 63
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Pedro Sousa (POR) 63 62
Denys Molchanov/Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Gastao Elias/Joao Sousa (POR) 64 36 76(5)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Joao Sousa (POR) 62 46 64
Illya Marchenko (UKR) v Pedro Sousa (POR) – not played
RUSSIA defeated BELARUS 3-2
Venue: Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, RUS (hard – indoor)
Karen Khachanov (RUS) d. Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 76(4) 63
Ilya Ivashka (BLR) d. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 76(2) 64
Max Mirnyi/Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) d. Karen Khachanov/Andrey Rublev (RUS) 75 63
Karen Khachanov (RUS) d. Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 62 64
Daniil Medvedev (RUS) d. Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 76(4) 36 63
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFF
KOREA, REP. defeated NEW ZEALAND 3-2
Venue: Gimcheon Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, KOR (hard – indoor)
Rubin Statham (NZL) d. Seong Chan Hong (KOR) 76(10) 62
Duckhee Lee (KOR) d. Michael Venus (NZL) 75 67(7) 62
Ajeet Rai/Artem Sitak (NZL) d. Seong Chan Hong/Jea Moon Lee (KOR) 75 63
Duckhee Lee (KOR) d. Rubin Statham (NZL) 64 61
Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR) d. Michael Venus (NZL) 76(5) 64
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFF
ECUADOR defeated BARBADOS 4-0
Venue: National Tennis Centre, St Michael, BAR (hard – outdoor)
Roberto Quiroz (ECU) d. Matthew Foster-Estwick (BAR) 60 61
Emilio Gomez (ECU) d. Darian King (BAR) 63 36 63
Gonzalo Escobar/Diego Hidalgo (ECU) d. Darian King/Haydn Lewis (BAR) 64 76(0)
Diego Hidalgo (ECU) d. Xavier Lawrence (BAR) 60 61
Matthew Foster-Estwick (BAR) v Emilio Gomez (ECU) – not played
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II THIRD ROUND
ROMANIA level with POLAND 1-1
Venue: Sala Polivalenta Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, ROU (clay – indoor)
Marius Copil (ROU) d. Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 62 64
Hubert Hurkacz (POL) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) 76(3) 75
Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau (ROU) v Lukasz Kubot/Marcin Matkowski (POL)
Marius Copil (ROU) v Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
Adrian Ungur (ROU) v Kamil Majchrzak (POL)
FINLAND defeated EGYPT 3-2
Venue: El Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, EGY (clay – outdoor)
Mohamed Safwat (EGY) d. Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 64 76(7)
Harri Heliovaara (FIN) d. Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) 63 62
Henri Kontinen/Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) d. Sherif Sabry/Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 63 64
Mohamed Safwat (EGY) d. Harri Heliovaara (FIN) 62 64
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) d. Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) 61 36 61
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II THIRD ROUND
LEBANON leads THAILAND 2-0
Venue: The National Tennis Development Center (LTAT), Nonthaburi, THA (hard – outdoor)
Hady Habib (LBN) d. Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) 46 76(2) 53 ret.
Benjamin Hassan (LBN) d. Palaphoom Kovapitukted (THA) 63 64
Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) v Hady Habib/Giovani Samaha (LBN)
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) v Benjamin Hassan (LBN)
Palaphoom Kovapitukted (THA) v Hady Habib (LBN)
AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II THIRD ROUND
URUGUAY leads MEXICO 2-0
Venue: Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, URU (clay – outdoor)
Pablo Cuevas (URU) d. Luis Patino (MEX) 75 62
Martin Cuevas (URU) d. Lucas Gomez (MEX) 64 63
Martin Cuevas/Pablo Cuevas (URU) v Santiago Gonzalez/Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)
Pablo Cuevas (URU) v Lucas Gomez (MEX)
Martin Cuevas (URU) v Luis Patino (MEX)
