Spain, host country in both the group stage and final, advanced to the quarter-finals on Sunday on the last day of the group stage of the Davis Cup finals.
| The New World No. 1 Alcaraz defeated South Korea’s Kwon Sun Woo (Photo: AFP) |
In the Valencia group, recent US Open champion and world number one Carlos Alcaraz beat Kwon Sun-woo of South Korea in two sets. Of the quartet, Canada also advanced.
The top two teams from each of the four groups qualified for the November quarter-finals in Malaga, where Australia, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, Italy, the United States, Germany and Canada will face off.
Davis Cup Group Stage Third Round:
Group A (Bologna):
Italy – Sweden 2-1
Matteo Berrettini – Elias Ymir 6:4, 6:4
Yannick Sener – Mikael Ymir 4:6, 6:3, 3:6
Simon Bolelli, Fabio Fognini-Andre Goranson, Dragos Nikolai Madaras 7:6 (7-1), 6:2
The final result: 1. Italy 3 wins / zero losses 2. Croatia 2-1 3. Sweden 1/2 4. Argentina 0/3
Group Two (Valencia):
Spain – South Korea 3-0
Roberto Bautista Hong Song Chan 6:1, 6:3
Carlos Alcaraz-Kwon Sun Woo 6:4, 7:6 (7-1)
Marcel Granollers, Pedro Martinez-Nam Ji Sung, Song Min Kyu 7:5, 3:6, 6:1
The final result: 1. Spain 1/2, 2. Canada 1/2, 3. Serbia 1/2, 4. South Korea 0/3
Group C (Hamburg):
Germany – Australia 2-1
Jan-Lennard Struve-Max Purcell 6:1, 7:5
Oscar Otti Tanase Kokinakis 6:7 (6-8), 1:6
Kevin Krawetz, Tim Potts, Matthew Ebden, Max Purcell 6:4, 6:4
The final result: 1. Germany 3/0, 2. Australia 1/2, 3. France 1/2, 4. Belgium 0/3
Group 4 (Glasgow):
Great Britain 2-1 Kazakhstan
Andy Murray-Dmitriy Popko 6:4, 6:3
Cameron Norie – Alexander Bublik 4:6, 3:6
Neil Skopsky, Joe Salisbury-Public, Alexander Nedovsov 7:6 (7-2), 6:7 (9-11), 7:6 (7-4)
The final result: 1. Netherlands 3/0, 2. United States 2/1, 3. Great Britain 1/2, 4. Kazakhstan 0/3
