U.S. grabs 2-0 lead in Davis Cup at Uzbekistan

The United States moved to the brink of advancing out of its Davis Cup qualifying series by winning both singles matches against host Uzbekistan on Friday in Tashkent.

Mackenzie McDonald beat Sergey Fomin 6-4, 6-1 before Tommy Paul, fresh off reaching the Australian Open semifinals, defeated Khumoyun Sultanov 6-1, 7-6 (6).

Paul finished with a 6-1 edge in aces, though he converted only four of his 13 break-point opportu