Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz delivered singles wins Thursday to lift the United States to a 2-1 victory over Kazakhstan in Davis Cup group action in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Americans improved to 2-0 after beating Great Britain a day earlier. Sitting in first place in Group D with one match remaining, they are more than likely a lock to reach the knockout stage. Great Britain faces Netherlands on Friday.
The group stage is taking place from Tuesday through Sunday in four cities across Europe. The top two teams in each round-robin group will advance to the knockout stage in Malaga, Spain, Nov. 22-27.Paul swept Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1, 6-4, and Fritz took down Alexander Bublik 7-6 , 1-6, 6-3. Kazakhstan won the doubles match, however, with Bublik and Aleksandr Nedovyesov defeating Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock 6-2, 7-6 .
Dusan Lajovic beat Seong-chan Hong 6-4, 6-0 and Miomir Kecmanovic took down Soonwoo Kwon 6-3, 6-4 to secure the result. In doubles, the Koreans avoided a shutout when Ji Sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song overpowered Nikola Cacic and Filip Krajinovic 6-4, 6-2. Serbia improved to 1-1 while South Korea fell to 0-2. Friday's match pits Spain against Canada, with both sides entering 1-0.Their match also came down to doubles after Frenchman Richard Gasquet beat Jason Kubler 6-2, 6-4 and Australia's Alex de Minaur responded by beating Benjamin Bonzi 6-3, 1-6, 6-4. Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell were the heroes for Australia, winning 6-4, 6-4, over Nicolas Mahut and Arthur Rinderknech in just 82 minutes.
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