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Davis Cup: German team in final round despite defeat!

Zhuhai, 09-14-2024

The German Davis Cup team suffered a defeat against the USA at the end of the preliminary round and missed out on winning the group. However, Michael Kohlmann's team had already qualified for the final tournament of the best eight nations in Malaga (November 19-24) on Friday.

The defeat against the USA in Zhuhai, China, was already sealed after the singles. First, Davis Cup debutant Henri Squire missed three match points against Reilly Opelka 7:6 (7:4), 6:7 (9:11), 3:6, then Maximilian Marterer lost 4:6, 2:6 to Brandon Nakashima. In the final doubles match, Kevin Krawietz/Tim Pütz reduced the deficit to 1:2 with a 6:1, 7:6 (7:4) win over Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram.

By winning the doubles match, Krawietz and Pütz improved their joint Davis Cup record to 13 wins with just one defeat, thereby equalizing a historic German record.

In the quarter-finals, they will now play a winner from the other three preliminary round groups.