Australia has clinched a World Group playoff spot after taking an unbeatable 3-0 lead in their Davis Cup tie against Korea in Brisbane today. After a dominating start by the Koreans taking the first set 6-4, Aussie doubles pair Marinko Matosevic and Chris Guccione took awhile to get their momentum but fought back comfortably to take the match 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-2.

An experienced doubles player, Guccione led the pair by staying strong under Korean pressure in the last set –"I want to thank Gooch for carrying me on his big shoulders today," Matosevic said after he won his first ever Davis Cup match.

Spain took a definitive step towards yet another Davis Cup semifinal while the other three ties ended all square on Day 1 of quarterfinal action at the 2012 Davis Cup. While the all-conquering Spaniards tamed the feeble Austrian challenge to take a 2-0 lead, 2010 champions Serbia barely managed to escape going down 2-0 and scraped a point in an ill-tempered tie against the fired-up Croats in Prague. Argentina fought back to level their tie at 1 apiece while France and the USA, both playing with depleted teams, left people hungry for more as they also ended the day with one rubber each.

Spain 2-0 Austria (Being played at Marina D'Or, Oropesa del Mar, Castellon, Surface: Red Clay, Outdoor)

The rookie Indian pairing of Yuki Bhambri and Sanam Singh with a combined experience of having played 1 Davis Cup tie between them were completely outclassed by their Uzbeki hosts as they fell 2-0 behind on the opening day of their Asia Oceania Group 1 semi-final encounter on Friday.

India came into this tie holding a 2-1 edge over their hosts, but all three ties had gone in favour of the home side. Uzbekistan were aspiring to return to the World Group for the first time since their exit in 2009, and came into this tie on the back of an easy win against New Zealand last time out. The tie was played on indoor clay in Namangan in rather sweltering conditions. Uzbekistan had an excellent record at this venue, having never been beaten in 4 attempts.

Matt Ebden and Bernard Tomic gave Australia a comfortable 2-0 lead over Korea at the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone Group 1 second round tie in Brisbane today. Min-Hyeok Cho stepped up in his first set against Tomic, breaking the Queenslander early, but Tomic settled to take it 7-5 and going on to win the rubber 6-3 6-3 in just over 2 hours.

"He played really, really well in the first three or four games. I wasn't playing as aggressive as I should be," admitted Tomic, who recovered from a 1-3 deficit in the first set to score for Australia.