The United States swept Uzbekistan aside with a 4-0 victory to qualify for the Davis Cup Finals group stage on Saturday, while the Ymer brothers guided Sweden to a 3-1 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina.With 24 nations competing in the qualifiers this weekend, the 12 winning teams will qualify for the Davis Cup Finals group stage in September alongside 2022 champions Canada and runners-up Australia.
Spain and Italy both received wildcards.Mackenzie McDonald and Tommy Paul had given the Americans a 2-0 lead on Friday before the doubles pairing of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram beat Sergey Fomin and Sanjar Ayziev 6-2 6-4 to give them un unassailable lead.Denis Kudla then stepped on court for his Davis Cup debut in the third singles rubber to beat Amir Milushev 6-4 6-4 to seal a 4-0 victory for the record 32-times Davis Cup winners in Tashkent."I was excited to see Raj and Austin play today.
They've practised well all week, they had five great days of preparation and as anticipated they came out really sharp," U.S.
captain David Nainkin said."As anticipated they came out really sharp and got the early break in the first set. After that it was like two freight trains, there was no stopping them."In Stockholm, Swedish brothers Mikael and Elias Ymer each won their singles rubbers in straight sets but Bosnia clawed one point back in the doubles when Mirza Basic and Tomislav Brkic got them on the board.But Mikael then saw seven-times champions Sweden through with a 6-1 1-6 6-3 victory over Damir Dzumhur where he fired 22 winners in the third singles match."I'm super, super proud (of our team).