France advanced to the Davis Cup semifinals Saturday when Michael Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won in the doubles to give their team an unassailable 3-0 lead over Germany.Llodra and Tsonga beat Christopher Kas 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4.France will play either Spain or the United States in the semis, with the Spaniards having led the Americans 2-0 going into Saturday night’s doubles in Austin, Texas.console.log("catid body is "+catID);if(catID==120){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }Argentina also completed its progress to the last four with a 5-0 win over Kazakhstan, while defending champion Serbia leads Swedan 2-1.Meanwhile, Switzerland qualified for the World Group playoffs after taking a 3-0 lead over Portugal in Bern thanks to Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka’s 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Frederico Gil and Lonardo Tavares.Switzerland could face Israel in September’s playoffs.
