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Davis Cup

by | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog

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Lots of current and former college guys representing their country in Davis Cup action this weekend. Note: The year listed after the school name is the last year they played at that school – doesn’t necessarily mean they graduated.

Davis Cup World Group Scoreboard and Groups 1 and 2 Scoreboard


World Group Quartefinals:

Great Britain def. France 3-1 – Dominic Inglot (Virginia ’09) is on GBR but didn’t play.

Australia def. Kazakhstan 3-2 – Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State ’10) represented KAZ

  • #115 Aleksandr Nedovyesov def. #41 Nick Kyrgios 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-4 – KAZ 2-0
  • Lleyton Hewitt/Sam Groth def. Aleksandr Nedovyesov/Andrey Golubev 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 – KAZ 2-1
  • #279 Lleyton Hewitt def. #115 Aleksandr Nedovyesov 7-6, 6-2, 6-3 – AUS 3-2

Group 1 Americas 2nd Round

Dominican Republic def. Ecuador 3-2 – Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (UNC ’12), Roberto Cid (South Florida Sr, and Peter Bertran (South Florida Soph) are representing DOM while Gonzalo Escobar (Texas Tech ’12), Emilio Gomez (USC ’13), and Roberto Quiroz (USC ’15) are representing ECU.

  • #291 Gonzalo Escobar def. #182 Jose Hernandez-Fernandez 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 – ECU 1-0
  • Victor Estrella Burgos/Jose Hernandez-Fernandez def. Emilio Gomez/Roberto Quiroz 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 – DOM 2-1
  • #43 Victor Estrella Burgos def. #291 Gonzalo Escobar 4-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-0 – DOM 3-1
  • #340 Emilio Gomez def. #891 Roberto Cid 6-2, 6-4 – DOM 3-2

Group 1 Asia/Oceania 2nd Round

India def. New Zealand 3-2 – Somdev Devvarman (Virginia ’08) & Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) are on roster for IND and Michael Venus (LSU ’09) will play for NZL

  • #548 Michael Venus def. #148 Somdev Devvarman 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 – NZL 1-0
  • Marcus Daniell/Artem Sitak def. Saketh Myneni/Rohan Bopanna 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 – NZL 2-1
  • #148 Somdev Devvarman def. #643 Marcus Daniell 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 – TIE 2-2
  • #151 Yuki Bhambri def. #548 Michael Venus 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 – IND 3-2
Group 1 Europe/Africa 2nd Round

Netherlands def. Austria 3-2 – Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02) will play doubles for NLD

  • Jean-Julien Rojer/Robin Haase def. Jurgen Melzer/Oliver Marach 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 – NLD 2-1
Group 2 Americas 2nd Round

Venezuela def. El Salvador 3-2 – Roberto Maytin (Baylor ’13) will represent VEN and Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11) will represent ESA.

  • #314 Marcelo Arevalo def. #706 David Souto 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 – ESA 1-0
  • Luis Martinez/David Souto vs. Marcelo Arevalo/Rafael Arevalo 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 – VEN 2-1
  • #314 Marcelo Arevalo def. #413 Ricardo Rodriguez 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 – TIE 2-2

Chile def. Mexico 5-0 – Jerry Lopez (Kentucky Jr) is representing MEX.

  • Nicolas Jerry/Hans Podlipnik-Castillo def. Jerry Lopez/Daniel Garza 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 – CHI 3-0
  • #271 Christian Garin def. #1892 Jerry Lopez 6-2, 6-1 – CHI 5-0
Group 2 Americas Relegation Play-Off

Puerto Rico def. Costa Rica 5-0 – Alex Llompart (Pepperdine ’12) and Eric Diaz (Georgia ’15) are representing PUR and Julian Saborio (LSU Commit), Ignaci Roca (Virginia Tech ’08), Pablo Nunez (Detroit ’13), Alvaro Riveros (NW Missouri State Sr) are representing CRC

  • #1418 Alex Llompart def. Ignaci Roca 6-1, 7-6, 6-2 – PUR 1-0
  • Alex Diaz def. Pablo Nunez 6-4, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4 – PUR 2-0
  • Eric Diaz/Alex Llompart def. Julian Saborio/Daniel Gutierrez 7-6, 6-3, 6-1 – PUR 3-0
  • Christian Garay vs. Julian Saborio 7-5, 6-1- PUR 4-0
  • Alex Diaz def. Ignaci Roca 6-3, 7-5 – PUR 5-0

Group 2 Asia/Oceania 2nd Round

Pakistan def. Indonesia 3-1 – Samir Iftikhar (New Mexico ’15) and Abid Akbar (Idaho ’13) are playing singles for PAK.

  • Samir Iftikhar def. #1056 David Susanto 3-6, 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-5, 6-0 in 2nd Rubber – PAK 2-0
  • Rungkat/Trijati def. Abid Akbar/Aqeel Khan 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 – PAK 2-1
  • Abid Akbar def. #1056 David Susanto 6-0, 7-6, 0-6, 6-2 – PAK 3-1

Chinese Taipei def. Philippines 3-1 – Treat Huey (Virginia ’08) and Ruben Gonzales (Illinois ’08) are representing PHL

  • Treat Huey/Ruben Gonzales def. Hsin-Han Lee/Hsien-Yin Peng 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 – TPE 2-1
  • #61 Yen-Hsun Lu def. Ruben Gonzales 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 – TPE 3-1


Group 2 Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-Off

Sri Lanka def. Lebanon 3-2 – Giovani Samaha (Troy Sr) is representing LEB.

  • Giovani Samaha/Jad Ballout def. Sharmal Dissanayake/Harshana Godamanna 7-6, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 – SRI 2-1
  • Harshana Godamanna def. #1573 Giovani Samaha 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 – SRI 3-2

Group 2 Europe/Africa 2nd Round

Bulgaria def. Luxembourg 5-0 – Dimitar Kutrovsky (Texas ’10) is representing BUL.

  • Dimitar Kutrovsky/Grigor Dimitrov def. Gilles Kremer/Mike Scheidweiler 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 – BUL 3-0
  • #329 Dimitar Kutrovsky def. #673 Ugo Nastasi 6-4, 6-2 – BUL 4-0

Hungary def. Bosnia/Herzegovina 3-2 – Amer Delic (Illinois ’03) is representing BOS/HERZ while Peter Nagy (Texas A&M Corpus Christi ’15) is representing HUN.

  • #192 Mirza Basic def. #786 Peter Nagy 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 – TIE 1-1
  • Mirza Basic/Amer Delic def. Marton Fucsovics/Levente Godry 3-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-0 – BOS/HERZ 2-1
  • #786 Peter Nagy def. #231 Tomislav Brkic 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 – HUN 3-2


Group 2 Europe/Africa Relegation Play-Off

South Africa def. Ireland 5-0 – Tucker Vorster (Ole Miss ’11), Ruan Roelofse (Illinois ’09), and Dean O’Brien (Georgia Tech ’11) are presenting RSA while James McGee (NC State ’08), David O’Hare (Memphis ’14), and James Cluskey (LSU ’09)

  • #477 Fritz Wolmarans def. #150 James McGee 7-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 – RSA 1-0
  • #334 Tucker Vorster def. #425 Sam Barry 6-1, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 – RSA 2-0
  • Ruan Roelofse/Dean O’Brien def. David O’Hare/James Cluskey 7-6, 6-4, 6-3 – RSA 3-0
  • #334 Tucker Vorster def. #150 James McGee 6-1, 7-5 – RSA 4-0
  • #421 Ruan Roelofse def. #425 Sam Barry 6-4, 6-3 – RSA 5-0

Zimbabwe def. Moldova 5-0 – Benjamin Lock (Florida State Sr) and Courtney Lock (Louisville Soph) are representing ZIM.

  • #701 Benjamin Lock def. #2018 Dmitrii Baskov 6-2, 6-0, 6-2 – ZIM 2-0
  • Courtney Lock/Mark Fynn def. Egor Matvievici/Andrei Soltoianu 7-5, 5-7, 7-6, 6-3 – ZIM 3-0
  • #701 Benjamin Lock vs. Egor Matvievici

Latvia def. Madagascar 3-2 – Mikelis Libietis (Tennessee ’15) is representing LAT.

  • #2018 Antso Rakotondramanga def. #1892 Mikelis Libietis 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 – TIE 1-1
  • Mikelis Libietis/Martins Podzus def. Antso Rakotondramanga/Tony Rajaobelina 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 – LAT 2-1


Group 3 is a round robin playoff where the top 2 nations get promoted to Group 2. 

Group 3 Europe 

Norway vs. Armenia & Macedonia – Oystein Steiro (UNC ’15) representing Norway,

  • Oystein Steiro/Joachim Bjerke def. Avetisyan/Gevorgyan (ARM) 6-4, 6-0 – NOR 3-0
  • Oystein Steiro/Joachim Bjerke def. Jankulovski/Srbljak (MAC) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 – NOR 3-0

Greece vs. San Marino, Cyprus, Macedonia  – Eleftherios Theodorou (Iowa Soph) is representing GRE

  • #1892 Eleftherios Theodorou def. Marco De Rossi (SM) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 – GRE 2-0
  • #499 Petros Chrysochos (CYP) def. #1892 Eleftherios Theodorou 6-1, 6-2 – TIE 1-1
  • M Baghdatis/Chrysochos (CYP) def. Eleftherios Theodorou/I Stergiou 6-3, 6-2 CYP 2-1
  • #524 Tomislav Jotovski def. #1892 Eleftherios Theodorou 6-2, 6-3 – MAC 2-0
Group 3 Americas – July 20-25 – Lineups not set yet