Davis Cup

All Times EDT Saturday BASEBALL Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:05 p.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1:05 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Arizona at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San...

VARAZDIN, Croatia (AP) — Mikhail Kukushkin beat Borna Coric in 3 1/2 hours for Kazakhstan to tie with Croatia 1-1 in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Friday. Despite a much lower ranking, Kukushkin improved his record against Coric to 3-0 after winning 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2. Marin Cilic earned...

VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Alexander Zverev cruised past David Ferrer 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to give Germany a 1-0 lead against host Spain in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Friday. Zverev was in control from the start at the bullring staging the tie in Valencia. The world No. 4 had four aces and 27 winners...

GENOA, Italy (AP) — Lucas Pouille wasted a two-set advantage before eventually beating Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1 to give France a 1-0 lead over Italy in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Friday. The 11th-ranked Pouille stepped up his game in the fifth after the home crowd support helped...

All Times EDT Saturday BASEBALL Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:05 p.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1:05 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Arizona at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — John Isner will play Joris De Loore in the opening match of the U.S. Davis Cup quarterfinal against Belgium on Friday. Isner rose to ninth in the rankings with his victory at the Miami Open last weekend. He'll play the 319th-ranked player at Belmont University, according to...

GENOA, Italy (AP) — Without the injured Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Lucas Pouille will face Andreas Seppi to open France's visit to Italy in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. The 11th-ranked Pouille has a 4-3 record in the Davis Cup and won the decisive match over Belgium's Steve Darcis in last season's final...

All Times EDT Saturday BASEBALL Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:05 p.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1:05 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Arizona at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San...

PARIS (AP) — Lucas Pouille will lead defending champion France against Italy in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. The 10th-ranked Pouille has been selected by France captain Yannick Noah alongside Adrian Mannarino and Jeremy Chardy. Doubles specialists Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut have also...

MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal is set to make his return from injury after being included on Spain's team for the Davis Cup quarterfinals against Germany next month. Nadal hasn't played since January, when a muscle injury in his left leg forced him to retire in the Australian Open quarterfinals. Spain...