Viktor Troicki is the first player to break Milos’ serve since the beginning of this Australian Open, but he lost to the Canadian in straight sets. Raonic cruised into the fourth round for the third time in four years. His next opponenent: 2014 Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka.

He took time after the match to dedicate his victory to the La Loche community in Canada, affected by a school shooting on Friday.

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What a memorable Davis Cup weekend, with some massive performances by Andy Murray and Lleyton Hewitt.

Great Britain – France: 3-1

Gilles Simon defeats James Ward 6-4 6-4 6-1
Andy Murray defeats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5 7-6 6-2
Andy and Jamie Murray defeat Nicolas Mahut/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-1
Andy Murray defeats Gilles Simon 4-6 7-6 6-3 6-0

One more disillusion for the French team after their defeat in the final last year. Despite 3 top 20 players in their team (Simon, Tsonga and Gasquet), they could not beat Team GB at Queen’s club this weekend. Andy Murray won three matches in as many days to propel Great Britain into the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time in 34 years.

Australia – Kazakhstan: 3-2

Mikhail Kukushkin defeats Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4 6-3 6-3
Aleksander Nedovyesov defeats Nick Kyrgios 7-6 6-7 7-6 6-4
Sam Groth/Lleyton Hewitt defeat Andrey Golubev/Aleksander Nedovyesov 6-4 7-6 6-2
Sam Groth defeats Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 7-6 4-6 7-6
Lleyton Hewitt defeats Aleksander Nedovyesov 7-6 6-2 6-3

Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios were respectively 3 and 4 when Lleyton Hewitt played his first Davis Cup match back in 1999. And this weekend the soon-to-retire showed them how the job has to be done. After the surprising defeats of the young guns, Groth and Hewitt won the doubles on Saturday, and on Sunday Sam Groth levelled the tie against Mikhail Kukushkin. Hewitt then defeated Nedovyesov in straight sets to complete Australia’s first 0-2 comeback since 1939.

The Emirates Arena in Glasgow is the favourite to host the much anticipated semi-final clash between Great Britain and Australia, that will meet for the 13th time, with the Aussies leading 8-4 and having won the last three.

Andy Murray and Lleyton Hewitt are ready to rumble:

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Pics of Gilles Simon and Viktor Troicki practising together on Friday.

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I’ve spent a few days in Paris for the Bercy Masters. Here’s my day 1 recap. Stay tuned for more pics and videos.

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Spain, Serbia, Argentina and France battle this week end for a place in the 2011 Davis Cup final.

Spain vs France

Spain leads by 1-0 after Rafael Nadal‘s easy win over Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-0 6-1. Gasquet lost his serve in the first game of the match and after that there was only one player on the court.
And 2-0 for Spain, David Ferrer dispatched Gilles Simon 6-1 6-4 6-1.
Llodra and Tsonga totally dominated Spanish heartthrobs Lopez and Verdasco 6-1 6-2 6-0. 2-1 for Spain before the reverse singles on Sunday.
Nadal secures Spain’s spot in final, the third in four years, with his win 6-0 6-2 6-4 win over Tsonga.

Serbia vs Argentina

Novak Djokovic pulled out of Serbia’s opening singles match against David Nalbandian. He was replaced by Viktor Troicki.
David Nalbandian gave the first point to his team with his four sets win 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-3.

Defending champion Serbia is in big trouble after Janko Tipsarevic’s loss to Juan Martin Del Potro.
The Serbian team came back to 1-2 after the victory of their doubles team.
In the fourth rubber, Novak Djokovic retired, trailing Juan Martin del Potro 6-7 0-3.

Argentina will face Spain for a remake of the 2008 Davis Cup final.