.ZHUHAI, CHINA-- SEPTEMBER 14: (L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the United States team celebrate Road to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Group Stage match in between Germany and also the USA at Hengqin International Tennis Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Team U.S.A. provided declarative Davis Mug claim.
U.S. singles beginners Reilly Opelka and also Brandon Nakashima each racked up victories leading the USA to a 2-1 Davis Mug overcome Germany in the Davis Cup Group stage set dip into Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China.
he looming Opelka opened up defeating Henri Squire, 6-7( 4 ), 7-6( 9 ), 6-3 to lay the USA to a 1-0 lead.
Proceeding his undefeated Davis Mug debut, Nakashima dissected Maximilian Marterer, 6-4, 6-2 to secure the success.
The 32-time Davis Cup champ U.S.A. will definitely bet the Davis Cup headline in Malaga, Spain, Nov 19-24, alongside Australia, Spain, Germany, Canada, Italy as well as 2 various other countries still to be found out.
" Yeah it's heading to be fantastic. I assume every one of the Americans are very fantastic, whoever is actually visiting be there," Nakashima said. "Our experts have a fantastic team of men that any person may contend at the highest level.
" It is actually absolutely a fantastic opportunity for American ping pong, and whoever is actually mosting likely to have the capacity to participate in certainly there it is actually visiting be actually a fantastic full week.".
Today's dead heat covered a 3-0 week for Captain Bob Bryan's staff, which captured Team C with victories over Chile, Slovakia as well as Germany.
The USA gained eight of the nine matches it played in Zhuhai with globe No. 40 Nakashima leading the charge with a best 3-0 report. Nakashima has won 12 of his final 15 matches and is actually delivering a sustained quality degree that creates him a "headache" to play, Opelka pointed out today.
" Brandon's definitely an ordeal to trump. He is actually kinda the man that, he possesses a style of play where his amount many of the amount of time, he is actually heading to beat everybody he is actually intended to beat," Opelka pointed out. "That's what he is actually thus proficient at. Playing him on paper, he's going to get it done because he is actually therefore consistent and also he doesn't have several defects in his activity.
" He's link. He doesn't disassemble in all. So he's sort of an ordeal to participate in and it is actually fantastic, it provides us an ideally a far better setting in the next group, to perhaps stay away from playing Italy first round.".
The United States applied for the quarterfinals even with contending without its 5 Leading 20 superstars-- United States Open finalist Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda, Frances Tiafoe as well as Ben Shelton-- uploading pressure-packed 3-0 opening get Chile on Tuesday through which all 3 fits were determined in dramatic third-set sudden deaths.
Captain Bryan will definitely possess some tough roster selections to create before the Davis Cup Final 8.
" It is actually sort of pick your poisonous substance," Opelka claimed. "Australia's a super-deep, hard staff. Spain's undoubtedly an outrageous crew. Italy's insane.
" Therefore everything to attempt to provide the A team-- Tommy, Fritz and Enemy, Shelton and Korda-- the greatest try that they may have.".
Group C: U.S.A. (Champ), Germany, Chileat Hengqin International Ping pong Facility (indoor challenging 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 (U.S.A.), 6-1, 7-6( 4 ).