.ZHUHAI, CHINA-- SEPTEMBER 14: (L-R) Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek, Brandon Nakashima, Reilly Opelka, Mackenzie Mcdonald as well as Bob Bryan of the United States staff commemorate Street to Malaga in the last the 2024 Davis Mug Finals Team Phase suit in between Germany as well as the USA at Hengqin International Ping Pong Center on September 14, 2024 in Zhuhai, China. Image by Zhe Ji/Getty Images for ITF.
Staff U.S.A. delivered declarative Davis Cup statement.
USA single people starters Reilly Opelka and also Brandon Nakashima each scored success leading the USA to a 2-1 Davis Cup triumph over Germany in the Davis Mug Team stage set play at Hengqin International Ping Pong Facility in Zhuhai, China.
he looming Opelka opened beating Henri Squire, 6-7( 4 ), 7-6( 9 ), 6-3 to stake the USA to a 1-0 lead.
Continuing his unbeaten Davis Mug launching, Nakashima divided Maximilian Marterer, 6-4, 6-2 to secure the victory.
The 32-time Davis Cup champion USA will play for the Davis Mug headline in Malaga, Spain, Nov 19-24, together with Australia, Spain, Germany, Canada, Italy as well as 2 other nations still to be determined.
" Yeah it's visiting be actually impressive. I believe every one of the Americans are tremendously exciting, whoever's heading to exist," Nakashima mentioned. "We have an excellent group of individuals that anybody can easily contend at the highest level.
" It's certainly an interesting time for United States ping pong, as well as whoever's visiting be able to play certainly there it is actually visiting be actually a thrilling full week.".
Today's dead heat wrapped a 3-0 week for Captain Bob Bryan's staff, which grabbed Team C along with success over Chile, Slovakia and Germany.
The United States won eight of the 9 suits it played in Zhuhai with world No. 40 Nakashima leading the charge with a perfect 3-0 file. Nakashima has won 12 of his final 15 suits and is actually delivering a continual jazzed-up level that creates him a "nightmare" to participate in, Opelka claimed today.
" Brandon's undoubtedly an ordeal to trump. He's kinda the man that, he has a style of play where his amount most of the amount of time, he is actually mosting likely to beat everybody he's expected to beat," Opelka pointed out. "That's what he's therefore good at. Playing him abstractly, he's going to get it performed because he's thus constant as well as he doesn't possess a lot of flaws in his video game.
" He's clutch. He does not disassemble in any way. So he is actually kind of a problem to participate in as well as it's fantastic, it provides our team a hopefully a far better placement in the following group, to maybe steer clear of playing Italy first round.".
The United States applied for the quarterfinals regardless of competing without its five Leading twenty stars-- 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 three complements were actually made a decision in dramatic third-set tiebreakers.
Leader Bryan will definitely have some tough lineup choices to make in advance of the Davis Mug Final 8.
" It is actually kind of choice your toxin," Opelka said. "Australia's a super-deep, hard staff. Spain's obviously a ludicrous team. Italy's ridiculous.
" Therefore just about anything to try to offer the A group-- Tommy, Fritz and also Adversary, Shelton as well as Korda-- the most ideal shot that they can possess.".
Team C: United States (Champion), Germany, Chileat Hengqin International Tennis Facility (in the house hard 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 (United States), 6-1, 7-6( 4 ).