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LONDON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Davis Cup World Group first round results this weekend:
At Buenos Aires (clay, outdoor)
Argentina 1 Italy 2
Friday
Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, bt Guido Pella, Argentina, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
Andreas Seppi, Italy, bt Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 6-1, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6)
Saturday
Carlos Berlocq-Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, bt Simone Bolelli-Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7)
Sunday
Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, v Paolo Lorenzi, Italy
Guido Pella, Argentina, v Fabio Fognini, Italy
At Frankfurt (hard, indoor)
Germany 1 Belgium 2
Friday
Steve Darcis, Belgium, bt Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5 (7-5)
Alexander Zverev, Germany, bt Arthur De Greef, Belgium, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Saturday
Ruben Bemelmans-Joris De Loore, Belgium, bt Alexander Zverev-Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 4-6, 6-3
Sunday
Alexander Zverev, Germany, v Steve Darcis, Belgium
Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, v Arthur De Greef, Belgium
At Melbourne (hard, outdoor)
Australia 3 Czech Republic 0
Friday
Jordan Thompson, Australia, bt Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Nick Kyrgios, Australia, bt Jan Satral, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
Saturday
Sam Groth-John Peers, Australia, bt Jan Satral-Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Sunday
Nick Kyrgios, Australia, v Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic
Jordan Thompson, Australia, v Jan Satral, Czech Republic
At Birmingham (hard, outdoor)
United States 3 Switzerland 0
Friday
Jack Sock, United States, bt Marco Chiudinelli, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
John Isner, United States, bt Henri Laaksonen, Switzerland, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)
Saturday
Steve Johnson-Jack Sock, United States, bt Henri Laaksonen-Adrien Bossel, Switzerland, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
Sunday
Jack Sock, United States, v Henri Laaksonen, Switzerland
John Isner, United States, v Marco Chiudinelli, Switzerland
At Tokyo (hard, indoor)
Japan 0 France 3
Friday
Richard Gasquet, France, bt Taro Daniel, Japan, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
Gilles Simon, France, bt Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Saturday
Nicolas Mahut-Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, bt Yuichi Sugita-Yasutaka Uchiyama, Japan, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Sunday
Richard Gasquet, France, v Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan
Taro Daniel, Japan, v Gilles Simon, France
At Ottawa (hard, indoor)
Canada 1 Britain 2
Friday
Dan Evans, Britain, bt Denis Shapovalov, Canada, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Vasek Pospisil, Canada, bt Kyle Edmund, Britain, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)
Saturday
Dominic Inglot-Jamie Murray, Britain, bt Daniel Nestor-Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
Sunday
Vasek Pospisil, Canada, v Dan Evans, Britain
Denis Shapovalov, Canada, v Kyle Edmund, Britain
At Nis (hard, indoor)
Serbia 3 Russia 0
Friday
Viktor Troicki, Serbia, bt Karen Khachanov, Russia, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6)
Novak Djokovic, Serbia, bt Daniil Medvedev, Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 1-0 -- retired
Saturday
Viktor Troicki-Nenad Zimonjic, Serbia, bt Andrey Kuznetsov-Konstantin Kravchuk, Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (5-7), 6-4
Sunday
Novak Djokovic, Serbia, v Karen Khachanov, Russia
Viktor Troicki, Serbia, v Daniil Medvedev, Russia
At Osijek (hard, indoor)
Croatia 2 Spain 1
Friday
Franko Skugor, Croatia, bt Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6)
Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, bt Ante Pavic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
Saturday
Marin Draganja-Nikola Mektic, Croatia, bt Feliciano Lopez-Marc Lopez, Spain, 6-7, (6-8), 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-4
Sunday
Franko Skugor, Croatia, v Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain
Ante Pavic, Croatia, v Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain
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