Greece, Italy, US and Great Britain among victorious United Cup nations
Maria Sakkari sealed victory for top-seeded Greece over Bulgaria in the United Cup with a straight sets win over Viktoriya Tomova.
Maria Sakkari sealed victory for top-seeded Greece over Bulgaria in the United Cup with a straight sets win over Viktoriya Tomova.
Team-mates Stefanos Tsitsipas and Despina Papamichail had already won their matches on Thursday and Sakkari's 6-3 6-2 triumph on Friday gave Greece an unassailable 3-0 lead.
Michail Pervolarakis was defeated by Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final singles match between the nations but Tsitsipas and Sakkari teamed up to earn Greece a 6-4 6-4 success in the doubles encounter to end on a high.
World number 16 Matteo Berrettini helped Italy topple Brazil by overcoming Thiago Monteiro 6-4 7-6 (9-7).
That gave Italy a 2-1 lead before Lucia Bronzetti finished the job by demolishing Laura Pigossi in straight sets, with Brazil powerless to overturn the deficit despite Berrettini and Camilla Rosatello's defeat in the doubles match.
US Open semi-finalist Frances Tiafoe clinched a win for the United States over the Czech Republic after opponent Tomas Machac retired with an ankle injury with the score at 6-3 2-4.
Petra Kvitova had defeated Jessica Pegula 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 in the third singles match to give Czech Republic hope but Tiafoe's win settled the contest before Pegula and Taylor Fritz joined up for success in the doubles.
Great Britain was a 3-2 victor over Australia despite a pair of defeats on day two in Sydney.
Cameron Norrie's triumph over Nick Kyrgios' replacement Alex de Minaur on day one had helped Great Britain to a 2-0 lead over the host, and Harriet Dart prevailed over Maddison Inglis to wrap up the victory.
Dan Evans was then beaten 6-3 7-6 (7-3) by Jason Kubler before Dart and Jonny O'Mara fell to defeat in the doubles but Great Britain's strong start was enough.
France and Switzerland completed 5-0 sweeps of Argentina and Kazakhstan respectively, with Caroline Garcia winning both her singles and doubles matches in straight sets while Stan Wawrinka saw off Alexander Bublik 6-3 7-6 (7-3).
