BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — Zizou Bergs beat Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 7-6 (4) to send Belgium into the Davis Cup semifinals with a 2-0 victory over 10-time champion France on Tuesday.

Belgium had lost its last four meetings with France, including in the 2017 final. It will face either No. 1 Italy or Austria on Friday.

The last two quarterfinals will be held Thursday — No. 2 Germany will face Argentina, and Spain will take on the No. 4-seeded Czech Republic.

Bergs was in control throughout against the top French player and sealed the match with a superb forehand winner down the line.

Earlier, Raphael Collignon rallied past Corentin Moutet 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 to give Belgium a 1-0 lead. Ties are played as a best-of-three matches, so the doubles was not played.

Both nations were back at this stage of

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