Carlos Ramos, the chair umpire who penalized Williams is also handling their best-of-five semifinal series against Croatia this weekend.
Recently-crowned US Open champion Novak Djokovic's decision to opt out of the playoffs along with world number 33 Filip Krajinovic has raised hopes of an equal contest between the two teams.
The reigning Asian Games champion pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan will be playing the doubles.
Leander Paes is 44 now, with a world record 43 doubles wins in Davis Cup to his credit.
Rafael Nadal hadn't played since the Australian Open quarterfinals because of a right hip injury, and was never challenged by the 34th-ranked Kohlschreiber at the bullring staging the clay-court tie in Valencia.
First, Isner beat Joris De Loore 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8), 6-4, and Querrey followed with a straight sets victory, beating Ruben Bemelmans 6-1, 7-6 (5), 7-5 to put the US a victory away from reaching the semifinals.
Leander Paes, India's Davis Cup hero for years, was tied on 42 wins with Italian great Nicola Pietrangeli for long but finally surpassed him, albeit, in a foreign land.
The 44-year-old Paes is tied on 42 wins with Italian great Nicola Pietrangeli and one more win will make him the most successful doubles player in the history of Davis Cup.
India will face China in the Asia/Oceania Group 1 second round at Tianjin, China on April 6-7.
The 64-year-old, who is now a commentator, said he was not in favour of tinkering with the Davis Cup format and suggested that the ITF should make competition in the elite World Group a biennial affair with all top players part of it.
Paes has returned to Top-50 and is placed 46 in the rankings after his stupendous show at the ATP 500 event in Dubai where he ended runners-up.
Following victories over Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer last week at the ATP Finals, Goffin's morale is rock solid as he prepares to lead Belgium against France in the Davis Cup final.
Bhambri might not have won the match against supremely talented Shapovalov but pushed the 18-year-old Canadian to five sets before losing the second singles tie in the Davis Cup.
India have got a bye in the first round, so they will play under new rules only in April when they travel to either New Zealand or China.
The 27-year-old Evans, who was in Britain's Davis Cup-winning squad in 2015, is banned though April 23, 2018.
With the outcome already decided, Yuki Bhambri won the dead fifth rubber against Canada's Brayden Schnur 6-4 4-6 6-4 as India lost the World Group Play-off tie 2-3 to the hosts.
Bopanna and Raja lost 5-7 5-7 7-5 3-6 to the seasoned pair of Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil in two hours and 52 minutes to leave India with the difficult task of winning both the reverse singles to qualify for the elite 16-nation World Group.
Yuki proved that his recent win over world number 22 Gael Monfils was no fluke and he gave a good fight to the world's top players.
Paes hailed the duo for having transformed their careers.
The 44-year-old veteran tennis star is presently languishing at the 62nd spot in world rankings, which is something he is eager to improve.
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