Wawrinka seals shock win for Swiss, US sweep Uzbekistan in Davis Cup qualifiers

:Three-time Grand Slam Stan Wawrinka rolled back the clock to secure a thrilling win for Switzerland over Germany in their Davis Cup qualifier on Saturday.

The 37-year-old, part of the Swiss 2014 Davis Cup winning team but who had not played in the event since 2015, beat Daniel Altmaier 6-3 5-7 6-4 to seal a 3-2 win in Trier.

It was Wawrinka's first win of the tie after losing to Alexander Zverev on Friday and the doubles on Saturday.

Switzerland will now grab one of the 12 spots up for grabs for the 2023 Davis Cup Finals group stage in September.

A busy weekened of ties had 24 nations competing with the 12 winners joining 2022 champions Canada, runners-up Australia and wildcards Spain and Italy.

The United States sweep Uzbekistan aside with a 4-0 victory while the Ymer brothers, Mikael and Elias, guided Sweden to a 3-1 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Mackenzie McDonald and Tommy Paul had given the Americans a 2-0 lead on Friday before the doubles pairing of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram beat Sergey Fomin and Sanjar Ayziev 6-2 6-4 to give the record 32-time winners an unassailable lead.

Denis Kudla then stepped on court for his Davis Cup debut in the third singles rubber to beat Amir Milushev 6-4 6-4.

In Stockholm, Mikael and Elias Ymer each won their singles rubbers in straight sets but Bosnia clawed back apoint in the doubles thanks to a win for Mirza Basic and Tomislav Brkic.

Mikael Ymer then saw seven-times champions Sweden through with a 6-1 1-6 6-3 victory over Damir Dzumhur where he fired 22 winners in the third singles match.

"I'm super, super proud (of our team). It's fantastic that me and my brother and the team could get us through to the finals again," Mikael said.

"I think we have proven that we can compete with the