The first match of the Davis Cup Finals group stage for Great Britain was won by France, who defeated Switzerland.
Adrian Mannarino’s victory over Dominic Stricker resulted in France taking the lead in Group B despite the fact that they dropped the first set of their match.
After that, Ugo Humbert defeated Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4 to give France an unassailable lead, and the French went on to win the doubles match, bringing their overall score to 3-0.
Wednesday will mark the beginning of the battle between Great Britain and Australia.
Chile finished their match against Sweden in Bologna with a score of 3-0, securing first place in Group A.
Following Cristian Garin’s victory against Leo Borg, son of the renowned Swedish player Bjorn, Nicolas Jarry cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Elias Ymer in a little over an hour.
A pair of doubles Following that, Tomas Barrios Vera and Alejandro Tabilo were victorious over Filip Bergevi and Andre Goransson. 6-4 7-5.
Serbia prevailed over South Korea by a score of 3-0 despite the absence of Novak Djokovic, who was scheduled to join the team for their match against Spain on Friday.
Dusan Lajovic defeated Seongchan Hong with a score of 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), and Laslo Djere prevailed against Soonwoo Kwon 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 despite suffering an early setback.
In spite of dropping the first set, Nikola Cacic and Miomir Kecmanovic were able to come back and defeat Ji Sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song by a score of 3-6, 6-4, and 7-6 (7-5).
After beating Finland by a score of 2-1 in the opening match of Group D’s competition in Split, the Netherlands emerged victorious.
After defeating Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (7-0), 6-4, Otto Virtanen put Finland in the driver’s seat of the competition.
Following his victory over Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6 (9-7), 6-3, Tallon Griekspoor brought the score back to even.
After that, Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop defeated Harri Heliovaara and Patrik Niklas-Salminen in the doubles competition by a score of 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), and 6-3.
A guide to watching the Davis Cup online.
Beginning at 13:00 British Summer Time (BST), every one of Great Britain’s matches will be available to watch live on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website, and updates will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live.
