BOLOGNA, Italy — Zizou Bergs beat Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 7-6 (4) to ship Belgium into the Davis Cup semifinals with an unassailable 2-0 lead over 10-time champion France on Tuesday.
Belgium had misplaced its previous 4 conferences with France, together with within the 2017 remaining. It would face No. 1 Italy or Austria on Friday. The final two quarterfinals can be held Thursday, together with No. 2 Germany in opposition to Argentina, and Spain in opposition to the No. 4-seeded Czech Republic.
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Bergs was in management all through and sealed the match with an outstanding forehand winner down the road.
Earlier, Raphael Collignon rallied previous Corentin Moutet 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 to present Belgium a 1-0 lead. Ties are performed as a best-of-three matches: two singles and one doubles.
Each nations had been again at this stage of the group competitors because it was revamped in 2019. The Davis Cup Last 8 in Bologna is the sixth version of the occasion to have the champion determined at a impartial website.
Moutet performed stable tennis till the twelfth recreation of the second set when he hit two double faults and fluffed a straightforward level on the internet after attempting a between-the-legs shot, dropping his function Collignon pressured a decider.
The same situation unfolded within the third set as Collignon made the decisive break within the remaining recreation.
“It was a loopy match,” Collignon stated.
Spain is with out top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who withdrew earlier Tuesday due to a hamstring damage.
