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The Italian duo Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini then lost to Maximo Gonzalez and Horacio Ceballos.
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In the second group match, Sweden lost 1-2 to Croatia.
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Italy have two wins after two rounds, Sweden and Croatia each have one, but Argentina have not yet won.
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In Hamburg, Kevin Kraveicz and Tim Pietz helped the hosts win 2-1, beating Belgians Sander Gilles / Joran Fliegen 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) in the decisive doubles.
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Germany’s victory led Belgium and France, who lost their first two Group C matches, to qualify for the play-offs. Australia also has two wins.
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At home in Glasgow, in their 50th Davis Cup game with Great Britain, Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury lost double by losing 1-2 to the Netherlands.
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In Group D, the Netherlands and the USA have two wins each, while Great Britain and Kazakhstan have two losses each.
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Finally, in Group B in Valencia, Carlos Alcaraz, the youngest men’s world number one at 19, lost to Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassim 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 2-6 after having won the US Open in his home country, with Spain conceding Canada 1-2 superiority and the Spaniards still not securing a place in the playoffs.
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Alcaraz did not play in Spain’s 3-0 win over Serbia on Wednesday.
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In the group, all teams retain their chances of fighting for the Davis Cup. Canada has two wins, Spain and Serbia each have one, but South Korea is still winless.
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