ALMATY: Results from the first day of the Davis Cup World Group first round tie between Kazakhstan and Italy at Astana:

Kazakhstan 1 Italy 0

Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 7-6 (8/6), 6-1, 6-2

followed by

Andrey Golubev (KAZ) v Andreas Seppi (ITA)

Playing Saturday (0800GMT)

Andrey Golubev/Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) v Fabio Fognini/Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)

Playing Sunday (0800GMT)

Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) v Andreas Seppi (ITA)

Andrey Golubev (KAZ) v Simone Bolelli (ITA)

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