.ZHUHAI, CHINA-- SEPTEMBER 14: (L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the USA group celebrate Road to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Group Stage match between Germany and also the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Fixate September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photograph by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Crew U.S.A. delivered declarative Davis Cup claim.
USA songs starters Reilly Opelka and also Brandon Nakashima each scored triumphes leading the USA to a 2-1 Davis Cup triumph over Germany in the Davis Mug Group stage dip into Hengqin International Ping Pong Center in Zhuhai, China.
he dominating Opelka opened beating Henri Squire, 6-7( 4 ), 7-6( 9 ), 6-3 to lay the USA to a 1-0 top.
Proceeding his unbeaten Davis Mug debut, Nakashima dissected Maximilian Marterer, 6-4, 6-2 to secure the victory.
The 32-time Davis Cup champion U.S.A. will certainly play for the Davis Mug title in Malaga, Spain, November 19-24, together with Australia, Spain, Germany, Canada, Italy and pair of other countries still to become calculated.
" Yeah it is actually heading to be actually thrilling. I presume each of the Americans are actually tremendously fantastic, whoever is actually going to exist," Nakashima pointed out. "Our team possess a fantastic group of men that anybody may compete at the highest degree.
" It is actually most definitely a fantastic opportunity for United States ping pong, and whoever is actually going to manage to participate in certainly there it is actually visiting be an interesting week.".
Today's tie wrapped a 3-0 week for Captain Bob Bryan's team, which recorded Team C with triumphes over Chile, Slovakia and also Germany.
The USA won eight of the nine suits it played in Zhuhai with planet No. 40 Nakashima leading the cost along with a best 3-0 report. Nakashima has gained 12 of his final 15 suits and is providing a sustained high performance amount that creates him a "nightmare" to participate in, Opelka said today.
" Brandon's certainly a problem to defeat. He's kinda the fella that, he possesses a design of play where his degree many of the time, he's visiting beat every person he's meant to defeat," Opelka stated. "That's what he's so efficient. Playing him on paper, he is actually going to obtain it carried out because he's thus constant as well as he does not possess numerous imperfections in his video game.
" He's clutch. He doesn't take down whatsoever. So he is actually type of a headache to play and it's wonderful, it provides our company an ideally a far better position in the following group, to maybe stay away from participating in Italy preliminary.".
The USA received the quarterfinals regardless of contending without its own five Top 20 superstars-- United States Open finalist Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda, Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton-- publishing pressure-packed 3-0 opening win over Chile on Tuesday in which all 3 matches were actually made a decision in dramatic third-set tiebreakers.
Captain Bryan are going to have some challenging lineup options to make ahead of the Davis Mug Final 8.
" It's type of choice your poison," Opelka said. "Australia's a super-deep, challenging staff. Spain's certainly an absurd team. Italy's outrageous.
" Therefore anything to attempt to give the A team-- Tommy, Fritz as well as Enemy, Shelton as well as Korda-- the most effective shot that they can possess.".
Group C: U.S.A. (Champion), Germany, Chileat Hengqin International Tennis Center (indoor challenging courtroom) Zhuhai, China.
U.S.A. 2. Germany 1.
Reilly Opelka (United States) d. Henri Squire (GER), 6-7( 4 ), 7-6( 9 ), 6-3.
Brandon Nakashima (USA) 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 ).