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ITF World Spring 2020 27 rocking Steiermark Halle by overpowering Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas and sealing a 3-1 victory for the Alpine nation. In Debrecen, it boiled down to the deciding set of the deciding match as Attila Balazs and latterly Fucsovics claimed thrilling singles wins to ensure Hungary battled back and overcame Belgium. Like Hungary, Sweden are another first-time qualifier for the Finals after Mikael Ymer secured the winning point and a 3-1 victory for Robin Soderling's men against Chile in Stockholm. surged into a 3-1 lead and extinguished any hope of a Slovakia fightback in Bratislava. There was little joy for India in Zagreb despite Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna handing the visitors a lifeline in the doubles. Marin Cilic brushed aside Sumit Nagal in clinical fashion to ensure two-time champions Croatia progressed 3-1 and in confident mood. History was made in Bogota as Colombia recorded their maiden Davis Cup Germany, meanwhile, overpowered Belarus in Dusseldorf to confirm their presence in Madrid. Krawietz and Mies once again showcased their doubles prowess to put their nation 2-1 up, before Jan-Lennard Struff claimed his second singles win of the tie to ignite the German party. Talking of celebrations, Vesely threw himself to the clay after producing a second enormously significant victory in 24 hours as Czech Republic success over South American heavyweights Argentina. The foundations were set by Cabal and Farah in the doubles, although the knockout blow was administered by Daniel Elahi Galan. The final team to earn their place in Madrid were USA. Legendary doubles duo Bob and Mike Bryan claimed victory in their last Davis Cup match, defeating Uzbekistan's Sanjar Fayziev and Denis Istomin in Honolulu, to hand their nation an insurmountable 3-0 lead. n Group A Spain, Russia, Ecuador Group B Canada, Kazakhstan, Sweden Group C France, Great Britain, Czech Republic Group D Croatia, Australia, Hungary Group E USA, Italy, Colombia Group F Serbia, Germany, Austria Quarter-finals Winner Group A v Best runner-up Winner Group C v Winner Group F Winner Group E v Winner Group D Best runner-up v Winner Group B Austria 3-1 Uruguay Australia 3-1 Brazil Kazakhstan 3-1 Netherlands Slovakia 1-3 Czech Republic USA 4-0 Uzbekistan

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