LATEST DAVIS CUP TENNIS NEWS – UNITED STATES LEAD 2-1 AGAINST UZBEKISTAN

Written by: on 19th September 2015
LATEST DAVIS CUP TENNIS NEWS - UNITED STATES LEAD 2-1 AGAINST UZBEKISTAN  |
Steve Johnson & Sam Querrey. Photo via Twitter.

 

UZBEKISTAN 1, UNITED STATES 2

Tashkent, Uzbekistan – Clay (Outdoors)

Steve Johnson, making his debut in the tie, and Sam Querrey gave 32-time champion United States a 2-1 advantage with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Farrukh Dustov and Denis Istomin in one hour and 33 minutes. “I thought we played really well,” said Querrey, who partnered Johnson to the recent US Open semi-finals. “We are a confident doubles team coming in and I thought we did everything that we do well, we did. I served well, Stevie cleaned up stuff at the net. I was hitting forehands. He was hitting forehands. It was a solid win and we are happy to get a point for the team.” Istomin will face Jack Sock in Sunday’s first reverse singles, with Dustov scheduled to challenge Johnson in the final rubber.

 

INDIA 1, CZECH REPUBLIC 2

New Dehli, India – Hard (Outdoors) 

Three-time champion Czech Republic is on the brink of clinching a spot in the 2016 World Group after Adam Pavlasek and Radek Stepanek silenced Indian support with victory in the doubles rubber. The Czechs took a 2-1 lead in the tie after a 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 win over Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes in two hours and nine minutes. Pavlasek, 20, is playing only his second Davis Cup rubber. “The doubles is a very important point to win when the series is at 1-1,” said Stepanek. “It was an important break that we got in the first set, and we were able to win it. That gave us a lot of confidence and as the match grew longer, we became more confident.” In Sunday’s reverse singles, Yuki Bhambri meets Jiri Vesely in the first rubbers, with Somdev Devvarman and Lukas Rosol in the fifth rubber.

 

RUSSIA 1, ITALY 2

Irkutsk, Russia – Hard (Indoors)

Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini, who teamed up to win this year’s Australian Open title, helped Italy to a 2-1 lead against Russia following a 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(2) victory over Evgeny Donskoy and Konstantin Kravchuk. “Fabio played so well today, on both his serve and at the net,” said Fognini. “I think we played better than them in the key points, but it was very tough.” Italy has competed in the World Group for the past four years.

 

( Courtesy of the ATP and Original Link – http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/davis-cup-2015-saturday-play-off-ties-switzerland-usa )

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