Australia progress to Davis Cup world group after beating SlovakiaDoubles pair Sam Groth and John Peers beat Slovakia's Andrej Martin and Igor Zelenay 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2) on Saturday to clinch Australia's Davis Cup World Group playoff 3-0. Slovakia saved a match point in the 12th game of the third set before winning the tiebreaker. Kyrgios opened with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over Martin and Tomic beat Jozef Kovalik 7-6 (5) 6-4, 6-4. Meanwhile in Christchurch on Saturday, New Zealand took an unassailable lead over Pakistan to retain their berth in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I when Michael Venus and Marcus Daniell won their doubles in straight sets. The result means New Zealand remain in the Asia/Oceania Group 1 next year while Pakistan are relegated to Group 2 next year.

Source: The China Post September 17, 2016 07:41 UTC