US tops Belgium 4-0 in Davis Cup, to face Croatia in semis

Nashville (US) April 9 (IANS) The United States tennis team completed their one-sided 4-0 quarterfinal victory over Belgium in the Davis Cup world group here.

Having already confirmed their progress to the semis on Saturday the third day s play at the Curb Event Center on Sunday was a mere formality with the US resting John Isner in favour of Ryan Harrison reports Efe.

Harrison who had won his doubles match partnering Jack Sock defeated Belgium s Ruben Bemelmans 6-3 6-4 in an hour and five minutes on Sunday.

In the semi-finals scheduled to be played between September 14-16 US will face Croatia who eliminated Kazakhstan 3-1.

The US has the most number of Davis Cup titles with 32 ahead of Australia Spain France and Great Britain but has not won the competition since 2007.

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