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Sports in Brief: Britain leads U.S. in Davis Cup, 2-0

James Ward, ranked No. 111, came from two sets down to beat American No. 1 John Isner in five sets in their Davis Cup match Friday in Glasgow, Scotland.

James Ward

, ranked No. 111, came from two sets down to beat American No. 1

John Isner

in five sets in their Davis Cup match Friday in Glasgow, Scotland.

The 6-7 (4), 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 15-13 victory took 4 hours, 57 minutes, and was the longest U.S. Davis Cup match since the 1989 introduction of the tiebreaker.

Andy Murray defeated Donald Young, 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, in his first match in his native Scotland since winning Wimbledon in 2013, giving Britain a two-matches-to-none first-round World Group lead.

Leonardo Mayer pulled Argentina even with Brazil, 1-1, in their first-round Davis Cup tie, defeating Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, on clay in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon won their opening matches to give France a 2-0 lead over Germany in the first round in Frankfurt, Germany.

SOCCER Alex Morgan redirected Lauren Holiday's free kick for a goal nine minutes into the second half, and the U.S. women's national team defeated Switzerland, 3-0, in group play at the Algarve Cup in Vila Real de San Antonio, Portugal.

Amy Rodriguez added a goal in the 72d minute before Abby Wambach came off the bench to score for the team, which is 2-0-0 in its last international tournament before the Women's World Cup in Canada this year. It was Hope Solo's 79th career shutout.

German midfielder Luisa Wensing broke her right leg during a 2-0 win over China in the Algarve region of Portugal, and reigning FIFA women's player of the year Nadine Kessler will undergo knee surgery.

- Associated Press