By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday February 1, 2025
Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek completed Team USA's sweep over Taiwan on Saturday, advancing the Americans to the a showdown with Czechia in September.
Photo Source: USTA
Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram defeated Ray Ho and Tung-Lin Wu, 6-4, 7-6(4), on Saturday to clinch Team USA’s best-of-five matchup at the Davis Cup, before Mackenzie McDonald added a 6-2, 6-3 win over Tsung-Hao Huang, to put the cherry on the cake.
“It was fantastic,” said Krajicek, after he and his partner improved to 7-2 lifetime in Davis Cup doubles matches. “Davis Cup is one of the most special events that we look forward to every year. Representing your country, and these away ties are always fun to play. Obviously everyone’s cheering against you, but that makes it fun for us, and I thought the attendance was great. Really a great atmosphere. And the whole time we were in the city this week, these last eight days or so, we’ve had a great time, so it was a great trip and hopefully we’ll get to come back in the future.”
The U.S. will next host a formidable Czechia team in the final Qualifying round September 12-14, with the winners advancing to the Davis Cup Final 8 in November in Bologna, Italy.
“The week went very well for our team,” said Captain Bob Bryan. “Obviously the goal coming in here was to get three points any way we could. We knew we were up against a very tough team on the road in a far-away place, but our guys came here, they practiced well. They had a lot of fun together.”
Day 1 Results (Friday)
Marcos Giron (USA) d. Chun Hsin Tseng (TPE), 6-2, 6-2
Alex Michelsen (USA) d. Tung-Lin Wu (TPE), 7-6(4), 6-3
Day 2 Results (Saturday)
Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram (USA) d. Ray Ho/Tung-Lin Wu (TPE), 6-4, 7-6(4)
Mackenzie McDonald (USA) d. Tsung-Hao Huang, 6-2, 6-3
12 other Davis Cup qualifying ties took place this weekend, with all 13 winners moving on to play the final round of qualifying in September, along with one wild card. The seven winners of September’s World Groups ties will join the field in Bologna.
(Completed Results as of publication time below, more to follow)
Argentina 3, Norway 2
Australia 3, Sweden 0
Austria 3, Finland 0
Germany 3, Israel 1
Japan 3, Great Britain 2
Czechia 4, Korea 0
Go do DavisCup.com for full draw and results: