Tennis Tracker: Germany, Canada & Australia off to strong starts as Davis Cup gets underway

06:05 CET - Marina Stakusic (19) has won the final match of the night 6-2, 6-4 Karolina Schmiedlova (29).

And that ladies and gents is where we leave you. There will be more tomorrow of course so be sure to come back for more action from the Davis Cup and around the globe! 

05:00 CET - Marie Bouzkova (26) has shown why she is inside the top 50 players in the world as she won 6-2, 6-2 against Alexandra Eala (19 in Mexico.

04:00 CET - Lucrezia Stefanini (26) proved too good for home player Sofia Sanchez (30) in Guadalajara, winning 6-0, 3-6, 6-2.

01:40 CET - The final two matches of the day have finished in Tunisia as Zeynep Sonmez (22) defeated Rebeka Masarova (25) 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 and Ann Li (24) has also progressed. 

00:10 CET - Belgium finish the Davis Cup action with victory over the Netherlands after a deciding doubles match was won 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

23:45 CET - Lucia Bronzetti (26) has won easily 6-2, 6-1 in Monastir to progress after beating Dalma Galfi (26).

23:23 CET - The first two results are in from Guadalajara! Ashlyn Krueger (20) has knocked Tatjana Maria (37) out with a dominant 7-5, 6-2 win.

Meanwhile, Ena Shibahara (26) has also won in comfortable fashion against Kimberly Birrell (26), winning 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

23:00 CET - There was nothing seperating Australia and France after the singles which left a doubles decider in the Davis Cup and Australia have come out on top!

The partnership of Matthew Ebden (36) and Max Purcell (26) have beaten France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert (33) and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (40) 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 to give Australia the perfect start to the Davis Cup.

20:52 CET - Top seed and defending champion Elise Mertens (28) has sailed into the second round in Monastir with a commanding 6-2, 6-0 win over Anastasia Zakharova (22).

20:15 CET - In the last of the singles rubbers of the day in the Davis Cup, Ugo Humbert (26) beat Alexei Popyrin (25) 6-3, 6-2 to make it 1-1 between France and Australia before Belgium's Zizou Bergs (25) downed Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor (28) 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 to level up their tie as well.

Elsewhere, Argentina's doubles pair defeated Canada's to rescue some pride after losing both of the singles rubbers.

19:50 CET - Moving over to Monastir, the second day's play has started with a couple of shocks. Both fourth seed Nadia Podoroska (27) and fifth seed Jaqueline Cristian (26) have been knocked out in the first round. 

Podoroska lost 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 to qualifier Antonia Ruzic (21) while Cristain was dumped out by another qualifier Sonay Kartal (22), who won 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Elsewhere, Yulia Starodubtseva (24) defeated Suzan Lamens (25) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

18:45 CET - Rounding up more Davis Cup results, Felix Auger-Aliassime (24) made it two wins from two for Canada against Argentina after he downed Sebastian Baez (23) 6-3, 6-3. 

Elsewhere, Thanasi Kokkinakis (28) got Australia off to a winning start against France with a 7-6, 7-6 win over Arthur Fils (20).

17:51 CET - Botic van de Zandschulp (28) has drawn first blood for the Netherlands in their tie with Belgium, beating Raphael Collignon (22) 7-5, 7-6 in a two-hour battle. 

The shot that got him to match point was something special. 

16:05 CET - Denis Shapovalov (25) has gotten Canada off to a winning start in their tie against Argentina. Shapovalov defeated Francisco Cerundolo (26) 7-5, 6-3.

14:40 CET - Germany's doubles pair of Kevin Krawietz (32) and Tim Puetz (36) have beaten Slovakia's Igor Zelenay (41) and Lukas Klein (26) 7-5, 6-3 to make it three wins from three in their opening Davis Cup tie.

14:15 CET - Aside from the Davis Cup, the WTA action continues today in Monastir and Guadalajara. Play will start at 17:00 CET in Tunisia with top seed Elise Mertens (28) entering the fray soon after.

Follow all the action from both tournaments via the links.

12:43 CET - Germany have won their second singles rubber with Slovakia with Yannick Hanfmann (32) edging Jozef Kovalik (31) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 to make it two wins from two for the Germans in Zhuhai.

Next up, the two teams go head-to-head in their doubles tie.

10:50 CET - The group stage of the Davis Cup Finals has gotten underway this morning, with Maximilian Marterer (29) of Germany winning 6-4, 7-5 against Lukas Klein (26) of Slovakia. 

09:45 CET - Hello and welcome to Flashscore's coverage of the opening day of the Davis Cup Finals!