.ZHUHAI, CHINA-- SEPTEMBER 14: (L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the USA team celebrate Road to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Phase suit in between Germany and the USA at Hengqin International Tennis Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Group USA provided declarative Davis Cup declaration.
USA singles starters Reilly Opelka and Brandon Nakashima each racked up success leading the USA to a 2-1 Davis Mug overcome Germany in the Davis Mug Group stage set play at Hengqin International Ping Pong Center in Zhuhai, China.
he towering Opelka opened beating Henri Squire, 6-7( 4 ), 7-6( 9 ), 6-3 to bet the united state to a 1-0 lead.
Continuing his unbeaten Davis Cup debut, Nakashima dissected Maximilian Marterer, 6-4, 6-2 to seal the success.
The 32-time Davis Cup champion USA are going to play for the Davis Mug title in Malaga, Spain, Nov 19-24, along with Australia, Spain, Germany, Canada, Italy and also two various other nations still to become calculated.
" Yeah it's going to be stimulating. I presume each one of the Americans are actually incredibly amazing, whoever's visiting exist," Nakashima said. "Our company possess a wonderful team of guys that anyone can contend at the highest level.
" It's certainly a thrilling time for American tennis, and whoever's heading to have the capacity to play there it's visiting be actually an interesting full week.".
Today's dead heat wrapped a 3-0 week for Captain Bob Bryan's team, which caught Team C along with success over Chile, Slovakia and also Germany.
The USA won eight of the nine matches it played in Zhuhai with world No. 40 Nakashima leading the cost along with an ideal 3-0 record. Nakashima has actually won 12 of his final 15 suits and is actually delivering a sustained quality amount that creates him a "nightmare" to play, Opelka stated today.
" Brandon's absolutely a problem to defeat. He is actually kinda the individual that, he possesses a style of play where his degree most of the moment, he's mosting likely to defeat every person he is actually intended to trump," Opelka pointed out. "That's what he is actually so proficient at. Playing him abstractly, he's going to acquire it done due to the fact that he's so regular and also he does not possess many problems in his video game.
" He's clutch. He does not take down in any way. So he is actually kind of an ordeal to play and it's excellent, it offers us an ideally a far better placement in the next group, to perhaps prevent playing Italy preliminary.".
The United States obtained the quarterfinals even with completing without its 5 Leading 20 stars-- United States Open finalist Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda, Frances Tiafoe as well as Ben Shelton-- uploading pressure-packed 3-0 opening gain Chile on Tuesday through which all 3 fits were actually determined in impressive third-set sudden deaths.
Captain Bryan will certainly have some hard roster selections to create ahead of the Davis Cup Final 8.
" It is actually sort of selection your poison," Opelka claimed. "Australia's a super-deep, hard group. Spain's undoubtedly an absurd staff. Italy's crazy.
" Thus anything to make an effort to give the A group-- Tommy, Fritz and also Foe, Shelton as well as Korda-- the very best go that they can have.".
Team C: U.S.A. (Champion), Germany, Chileat Hengqin International Tennis Center (indoor hard courthouse) Zhuhai, China.
United States 2. Germany 1.
Reilly Opelka (U.S.A.) d. Henri Squire (GER), 6-7( 4 ), 7-6( 9 ), 6-3.
Brandon Nakashima (U.S.A.) d. Maximilian Marterer (GER), 6-4, 6-2.
Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz (GER) d. Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram (United States), 6-1, 7-6( 4 ).