Tennis

Team United States Advances to Davis Cup Final 8

.ZHUHAI, CHINA-- SEPTEMBER 14: (L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and also Bob Bryan of the USA staff commemorate Roadway to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Team Phase suit between Germany and also the USA at Hengqin International Tennis Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Image by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Group USA provided explanatory Davis Mug statement.
U.S. songs starters Reilly Opelka and also Brandon Nakashima each racked up triumphes leading the United States to a 2-1 Davis Cup overcome Germany in the Davis Cup Team stage play at Hengqin International Ping Pong Facility in Zhuhai, China.
he towering Opelka opened defeating Henri Squire, 6-7( 4 ), 7-6( 9 ), 6-3 to bet the united state to a 1-0 lead.


Proceeding his undefeated Davis Cup launching, Nakashima divided Maximilian Marterer, 6-4, 6-2 to seal off the triumph.
The 32-time Davis Mug champion U.S.A. will bet the Davis Cup title in Malaga, Spain, November 19-24, along with Australia, Spain, Germany, Canada, Italy and 2 various other nations still to be calculated.
" Yeah it's visiting be actually thrilling. I believe each of the Americans are actually extremely fantastic, whoever is actually going to exist," Nakashima said. "We have a wonderful team of fellas that anyone can easily compete at the highest level.
" It's absolutely an impressive opportunity for United States tennis, and also whoever's visiting have the capacity to participate in there certainly it's mosting likely to be actually a stimulating full week.".
Today's dead heat covered a 3-0 week for Captain Bob Bryan's team, which captured Team C along with triumphes over Chile, Slovakia and Germany.
The USA succeeded 8 of the 9 matches it played in Zhuhai with globe No. 40 Nakashima leading the fee along with an excellent 3-0 report. Nakashima has gained 12 of his last 15 matches as well as is actually providing a sustained quality degree that creates him a "ordeal" to participate in, Opelka stated today.


" Brandon's most definitely a headache to trump. He's kinda the guy that, he possesses a design of play where his degree the majority of the amount of time, he's heading to trump everyone he's expected to trump," Opelka mentioned. "That's what he's thus good at. Playing him abstractly, he is actually going to acquire it carried out because he is actually therefore consistent as well as he does not possess lots of defects in his video game.
" He is actually clutch. He does not take down in all. So he is actually type of a problem to play and also it's wonderful, it offers our team a with any luck a much better posture in the next team, to possibly stay clear of playing Italy first round.".
The United States obtained the quarterfinals in spite of completing without its own 5 Leading 20 stars-- US Open finalist Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda, Frances Tiafoe as well as Ben Shelton-- publishing pressure-packed 3-0 position get Chile on Tuesday through which all three suits were determined in dramatic third-set tiebreakers.
Captain Bryan are going to possess some hard roster options to bring in ahead of the Davis Mug Final 8.
" It's sort of selection your poison," Opelka said. "Australia's a super-deep, hard team. Spain's undoubtedly an absurd group. Italy's outrageous.
" So anything to attempt to give the A crew-- Tommy, Fritz as well as Opponent, Shelton and also Korda-- the most ideal chance that they can have.".
Group C: U.S.A. (Champion), Germany, Chileat Hengqin International Tennis Center (indoor difficult court) Zhuhai, China.
U.S.A. 2. Germany 1.
Reilly Opelka (USA) 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 ).