Australia's Bernard Tomic beat Dan Evans in four sets after Andy Murray gave Britain the early lead to leave its Davis Cup semifinal at Glasgow level at 1-1 on Friday.
The other semifinal between Belgium and Argentina at Brussels was also level at 1-1 after the opening singles, while Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal helped put Switzerland and Spain, respectively, into commanding positions in their playoffs.
Jack Sock breezed past Farrukh Dustov in straight sets to draw the United States level with Uzbekistan at 1-1 in their playoff at Tashkent. The U.S. is trying to continue its 26-year-stay in the top-tier World Group.