.ZHUHAI, CHINA-- SEPTEMBER 14: (L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald and Bob Bryan of the United States team commemorate Roadway to Malaga in the ultimate the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Group Phase match between Germany and the United States at Hengqin International Tennis Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Picture through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Staff United States delivered declarative Davis Cup statement.
United state single people starters Reilly Opelka as well as Brandon Nakashima each scored success leading the USA to a 2-1 Davis Cup triumph over Germany in the Davis Mug Group stage play at Hengqin International Tennis Facility in Zhuhai, China.
he dominating Opelka opened up beating Henri Squire, 6-7( 4 ), 7-6( 9 ), 6-3 to stake the USA to a 1-0 lead.
Continuing his undefeated Davis Mug debut, Nakashima dissected Maximilian Marterer, 6-4, 6-2 to seal the triumph.
The 32-time Davis Mug champ United States are going to play for the Davis Mug headline in Malaga, Spain, Nov 19-24, along with Australia, Spain, Germany, Canada, Italy and 2 various other countries still to become found out.
" Yeah it's mosting likely to be impressive. I presume all of the Americans are actually tremendously stimulating, whoever is actually mosting likely to exist," Nakashima mentioned. "Our team have an excellent group of fellas that any person can complete at the highest degree.
" It's absolutely an interesting time for United States tennis, as well as whoever is actually going to have the capacity to play there it is actually mosting likely to be a stimulating full week.".
Today's tie wrapped a 3-0 full week for Leader Bob Bryan's crew, which grabbed Team C with triumphes over Chile, Slovakia as well as Germany.
The United States succeeded 8 of the 9 matches it played in Zhuhai along with world No. 40 Nakashima leading the cost with a perfect 3-0 record. Nakashima has actually succeeded 12 of his last 15 matches and is providing a sustained high performance degree that makes him a "headache" to participate in, Opelka said today.
" Brandon's most definitely an ordeal to defeat. He is actually kinda the man that, he has a type of play where his degree a lot of the amount of time, he is actually mosting likely to trump everybody he's meant to beat," Opelka claimed. "That's what he's therefore good at. Playing him on paper, he's going to get it carried out since he's thus constant as well as he does not have lots of defects in his game.
" He is actually clutch. He does not take down in all. So he's kind of an ordeal to play as well as it is actually wonderful, it offers us an ideally a better setting in the next team, to perhaps stay clear of playing Italy first round.".
The USA obtained the quarterfinals regardless of completing without its own 5 Best 20 celebrities-- US Open finalist Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda, Frances Tiafoe and also Ben Shelton-- posting pressure-packed 3-0 opening get Chile on Tuesday through which all three matches were actually determined in impressive third-set sudden deaths.
Leader Bryan will have some difficult lineup choices to bring in before the Davis Cup Final 8.
" It's type of pick your poisonous substance," Opelka pointed out. "Australia's a super-deep, hard crew. Spain's obviously a preposterous crew. Italy's insane.
" Thus just about anything to try to provide the A staff-- Tommy, Fritz and Foe, Shelton as well as Korda-- the greatest chance that they can easily have.".
Group C: USA (Champion), Germany, Chileat Hengqin International Tennis Center (indoor hard courtroom) 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 (United States) 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 ).