The seven-time Australian Open champion won his singles and doubles matches back-to-back to guide Serbia to a comeback win over France on Monday and secure a spot in the ATP Cup quarterfinals.
Spain now has two wins from two starts in Group B and next faces unbeaten Japan to determine first place and automatic qualification for the playoffs in Sydney.
Collins will play either Donna Vekic or qualifier Yulia Putintseva in the next round, and possibly 2011 U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur after that.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran secured a straight-set win but Ramkumar Ramanathan lost in the first round of the Canberra International.
Croatia leads the Group E with two wins from two ahead of Argentina's night match against Austria in Sydney.
Williams and Wozniacki overwhelmed Japan's Nao Hibino and Mikoto Ninomiya 6-2, 6-4 in a match which was both historic and poignant.
De Minaur defeated Canada's Denis Shapovalov 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2 and clinched the tie for the home country.
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has pledged 25,000 AUD for Australia bushfire relief.
Daniil Medvedev beat John Isner 6-3, 6-1 to make it two in two for Russia while Australia moved atop Group F with a 3-0 sweep of Canada in Brisbane.
An extended break meant she got to take a trip to the Caribbean — her first real vacation, she said — and that's where things got slightly out of her control.
Barty went to a nearby animal shelter after she returned from the Fed Cup loss to France in Perth last November and donated money, because at that stage animals were the main casualties of the flames.
Alex de Minaur secured the match when he rallied from a set and a break down to beat Denis Shapovalov 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2 later Sunday at Pat Rafter Arena.
Djokovic said it was reasonable to consider delaying the start of the tournament because of the extreme conditions “but I think that's probably the very, very last option for anything.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeated Kevin Anderson 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) while Rafael Nadal got the better of beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3, 7-5 for Spain.
Defending Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka, who is on the other side of the draw, has a first-round match against Maria Sakkari.
Benoite Paire opened the Group A encounter against Chile with a 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3 win over Nicolas Jarry and Monfils clinched the best-of-three match encounter ahead of the doubles on Saturday in Brisbane.
Kyrgios promised to donate 200 Australian dollars ($140) for every ace he serves this month to go toward the recovery effort from the wildfires that have devastated large parts of Australia
The 24-team tournament is kicking off the men's tennis season for 2020, with matches underway Friday in Brisbane and Sydney on Australia's east coast and Perth in Western Australia state.
Rafael Nadal had a phenomenal 2019, winning his 12th French Open title and fourth US Open crown, as well as being victorious at the Masters 1000 events in Rome and Montreal.
Venus, 39, hopes to play in Adelaide before the Australian Open on January 20.
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