Davis Cup: USA commits to Nashville

The chances for the USA in the Davis Cup in 2018 are not bad. In the quarter-finals, they will face Belgium.

Many signs indicate that the German Davis Cup team will play out their quarter-finals against Spain on Mallorca. However, the Spanish Tennis Association has not yet confirmed this. The Americans are one step further ahead: their game against Belgium will be played from 6-6 October. till 8. April in Nashville. On the campus of Belmont University. Not a premiere for the city of Nashville, by the way: 1978 saw the match against South Africa.

These two teams had recently met in 2005, and as in the first three meetings, the USA had the upper hand. However, the signs are different for the upcoming match: with David Goffin, the Belgians have a man who is in excellent shape and who brought his team into the final in France last year almost on their own. And won both individual games there.

The American frontman, Jack Sock, is still looking for his form in 2018, and unlike his Davis Cup colleagues John Isner, Sam Querrey and Steve Johnson, Sock is still missing from the New York Open this week.

In round one, the USA had prevailed in Serbia (against a weakened team without Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki) with 3:1, Belgium defeated the Hungarians with the surprise man of the Australian Open Marton Fucsovics at home with 3:2.