.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 Road to Malaga in the final the 2024 Davis Cup Finals Team Phase suit between Germany and the United States at Hengqin International Ping Pong Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Photograph through Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Staff USA supplied declarative Davis Cup declaration.
U.S. single people starters Reilly Opelka and also Brandon Nakashima each scored victories leading the USA to a 2-1 Davis Mug triumph over Germany in the Davis Mug Team stage set dip into Hengqin International Tennis Facility in Zhuhai, China.
he towering Opelka opened up beating Henri Squire, 6-7( 4 ), 7-6( 9 ), 6-3 to lay the USA to a 1-0 top.
Proceeding his undefeated Davis Mug launching, Nakashima dissected Maximilian Marterer, 6-4, 6-2 to seal off the success.
The 32-time Davis Mug champ United States will certainly play for the Davis Mug title in Malaga, Spain, Nov 19-24, alongside Australia, Spain, Germany, Canada, Italy and also 2 other countries still to be calculated.
" Yeah it is actually mosting likely to be actually fantastic. I believe each one of the Americans are tremendously thrilling, whoever's going to be there," Nakashima pointed out. "We have a great team of men that any person may compete at the highest degree.
" It's certainly a thrilling opportunity for United States ping pong, and also whoever is actually going to manage to play there certainly it's mosting likely to be actually an exciting week.".
Today's dead heat wrapped a 3-0 full week for Leader Bob Bryan's workers, which grabbed Group C with victories over Chile, Slovakia as well as Germany.
The United States won 8 of the 9 matches it played in Zhuhai with planet No. 40 Nakashima leading the cost with an excellent 3-0 document. Nakashima has actually won 12 of his final 15 suits and also is delivering a continual jazzed-up amount that makes him a "problem" to participate in, Opelka pointed out today.
" Brandon's certainly an ordeal to trump. He's kinda the guy that, he has a style of play where his level a lot of the time, he's going to defeat everybody he's intended to beat," Opelka stated. "That's what he is actually therefore efficient at. Playing him abstractly, he is actually going to receive it carried out since he is actually thus consistent as well as he does not have lots of problems in his video game.
" He's link. He does not take down at all. So he is actually sort of a headache to play and also it's terrific, it gives our team a with any luck a much better placement in the following group, to possibly prevent participating in Italy preliminary.".
The USA got the quarterfinals regardless of competing without its own 5 Best twenty celebrities-- United States Open finalist Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda, Frances Tiafoe and also Ben Shelton-- uploading pressure-packed 3-0 position sway Chile on Tuesday in which all 3 fits were actually decided in remarkable third-set sudden deaths.
Captain Bryan will definitely have some tough roster selections to make in advance of the Davis Mug Final 8.
" It is actually sort of pick your poison," Opelka stated. "Australia's a super-deep, challenging group. Spain's certainly a preposterous team. Italy's insane.
" Thus everything to attempt to give the A staff-- Tommy, Fritz as well as Adversary, Shelton and Korda-- the most effective try that they may have.".
Group C: U.S.A. (Champ), Germany, Chileat Hengqin International Ping pong Center (in the house hard courthouse) 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 (United States), 6-1, 7-6( 4 ).