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Thiem Leads Austria To Commanding Davis Cup Lead

  • Posted: Sep 14, 2018

Thiem Leads Austria To Commanding Davis Cup Lead

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ATPWorldTour.com recaps the Davis Cup World Group Playoffs

AUSTRIA 2, AUSTRALIA 0
Graz, Austria (Outdoor clay)

Austria heads into the weekend with a comfortable 2-0 lead in its playoff match against Australia after two convincing wins on Friday. No. 8 Dominic Thiem led the home nation with a dominating 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 win against Aussie Jordan Thompson. Thiem hit 23 winners and limited Thompson to just five in the 95-minute victory.

Thiem’s countryman Dennis Novak, No. 133 in the ATP Rankings, was just as impressive during a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 win against #NextGenATP Aussie Alex de Minaur, who is playing at a career-high No. 38 in the ATP Rankings after reaching the third round of the US Open (l. to Cilic).

JAPAN 2, BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA 0
Osaka, Japan (Outdoor hard)

Taro Daniel and Yoshihito Nishioka delivered straight-sets wins to give the home nation a commanding 2-0 lead. Daniel beat Tomislav Brkic 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(3), and Nishioka dismissed Mirza Basic 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

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SWITZERLAND 1, SWEDEN 1
Biel, Switzerland (Indoor hard)

Sweden’s 6-0 head-to-head record against Switzerland could be in jeopardy this weekend. The two countries split Friday’s singles matches, as Sweden’s Markus Eriksson outlasted Marc-Andrea Huesler 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(10), 6-4, and Swiss Henri Laaksonen beat Jonathan Mridha 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-3.

SERBIA 2, INDIA 0
Kraljevo, Serbia (Indoor clay)

Serbia is within a match of winning a tie on clay for the first time since 2013. The home country leads India 2-0 after Laslo Djere beat Ramkumar Ramanathan 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-2, and Dusan Lajovic swept Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

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Davis Cup: Carlos Ramos umpires first match since Serena Williams row

  • Posted: Sep 14, 2018

Carlos Ramos returned to the umpire’s chair for the first time since being called a “thief” by Serena Williams, overseeing a Davis Cup match on Friday.

He was in charge as Marin Cilic became Croatia’s most successful Davis Cup player, giving his country a 2-0 lead over the USA in the World Group semis.

Happily for Portugal’s Ramos, there were no controversies as Cilic beat Frances Tiafoe 6-1 6-3 7-6 (7-5).

Borna Coric won the opening singles 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 against Steven Johnson.

It means Croatia are firmly in charge of the best-of-five-match tie in Zadar going into Saturday’s doubles and Sunday’s reverse singles matches.

World number six Cilic’s victory over world number 40 Tiafoe took him past the 36 Davis Cup rubbers won by Ivan Ljubicic.

Former US Open champion Cilic broke twice in the first set and three times in the second before the young American, making his Davis Cup debut, pushed him harder in the third.

All eyes had been on Ramos, who docked Williams a game for verbal abuse – having already given her a point penalty for smashing her racquet and a code violation for coaching – in her US Open final defeat by Naomi Osaka on Saturday.

The series of incidents had led to some of the most remarkable scenes in a Grand Slam final as Williams accused Ramos of being a “liar” and a “thief”.

Elsewhere, France‘s Benoit Paire beat Spain‘s Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-5 6-1 6-0 to help his country to a 2-0 lead.

Paire, who was also making his Davis Cup debut for the defending champions, outplayed the injured Spaniard in Lille.

“In my head, sometimes I could become crazy and the team couldn’t be confident to call me into the team,” Paire had said before his match. “But now I feel good, I feel fresh and confident.”

Compatriot and French number one Lucas Pouille prevailed in a five-set battle with Roberto Bautista Agut after losing the first set.

The world number 19 came back to win 3-6 7-5 (7-5) 6-4 2-6 6-4.

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Coric Gives Croatia Early Lead In Davis Cup Semi-finals

  • Posted: Sep 14, 2018

Coric Gives Croatia Early Lead In Davis Cup Semi-finals

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Croatia bids to reach final for second consecutive year

CROATIA 1, UNITED STATES 0
Sportski Centar Visnjik, Zadar – Clay (Outdoors)

Borna Coric gave 2005 champion Croatia a 1-0 lead on Friday in its Davis Cup semi-final against United States in Zadar after defeating Steve Johnson 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-3 in two hours and 24 minutes.

Coric recorded his 30th match win of the season, hitting 23 winners and winning 81 per cent of his first-service points. The 21-year-old lifted his second ATP World Tour title at the Gerry Weber Open (d. Federer) in June.

World No. 6 Marin Cilic now looks to extend 2017 finalist Croatia’s lead against Frances Tiafoe, who is making his debut as the 141st player to represent the United States.

FRANCE 1, SPAIN 0
Venue: Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, FRA (hard – indoor)

French captain Yannick Noah’s decision to blood Benoit Paire paid off on Friday when the 20-year-old debutant overcame Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 7-5, 6-1, 6-0 in one hour and 54 minutes. Paire struck 37 winners, including 16 aces, to give defending champion France an early advantage.

Roberto Bautista Agut will now attempt to get five-time titlist Spain back to 1-1 overnight with victory over Lucas Pouille in the second singles rubber.

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