France defeat Britain to reach Davis Cup semis

Julien Benneteau of France returns the ball to Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot of Britain during their doubles Davis Cup quarterfinal tennis match at the Kindarena Stadium of Rouen, France, Saturday, April 8.

Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund had previously lost singles matches on Friday, meaning Saturday's doubles was a must-win for Great Britain but they were ultimately unable to keep the quarter-final alive into the final day.

Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut won the doubles pointing sending France into the Davis Cup semifinals for the third time in the last four years.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that it is the first time Great Britain have failed to make the semi-finals in three years.

"This is a great team but it would be nice to have player who are joining guys on tour, sitting around 75, even 125, 150".

Murray saved, only to be lobbed by the same player for a second shot at glory, and Murray's final touch of a compelling fight fell with wicked unkindness on the wrong side of the net.

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It proved to be a fleeting moment of success for the British pair, however, as the French team won the next two sets to progress to the semi-finals, scheduled for September.

India's Ramkumar Ramanathan and Prajnesh Gunneswaran clinched back-to-back victories for their country against the Uzbeks in the singles rubbers played in Bangalore.

Troicki, who swept Carreno Busta in yesterday's second singles match, was the Davis Cup hero the last time Serbia played France.

The Italians trailed 2-0 but won the doubles rubber as Andreas Seppi and Simone Bolelli prevailed in another five-set epic to beat Ruben Bemelmans and Joris De Loore 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 3-6 7-6. His only win since, though, came in the first round of Indian Wells, where he went on to take Novak Djokovic to a second-set tie-break.

However, they are without a Davis Cup crown since 2001. Belgium, runners-up in 2015, had taken a 2-0 lead on Friday against the team who had stunned defending champions Argentina in the first round.