Spain is still in control, but the flying brothers did put some doubts in their minds.
The Drama
The match was a bit of a drama as Granollers suffered from an calf injury picked up in the second set. Spain captain Alex Corretja asked him to retire in order to avoid to further complicate the injury, but the Spaniard stoically decided to keep on playing. Eventually his tennis even picked up, but the Bryans were just too solid.
From Lopez
It’s a shame because we felt really good today,” Lopez said “It happened to me in the U.S. one week ago, it’s tough.”
From Bob
“At times we thought he was going to quit but he kept getting the balls and hitting the serves,” Bob Bryan said “That’s probably one of the longest Davis Cup matches we’ve ever played.”. The match lasted 3 hours and 38 minutes.
From Mike
“It’s never easy to play in these conditions as the crowd is loud,” Mike Bryan added. “Granollers might have hurt his calf there and we backed off the gas there a little bit. You always want to play aggressive in those situations but I’m proud of the way we picked it up at the end and played some good tennis.”
From Courier
The US Captain was quite happy about their performance to still have some hopes.
“Tomorrow, obviously, is a little bit different with one versus one and two versus two,” Courier said. “Ferrer is such a warrior and a great competitor and John’s going to have to play better than he did yesterday to stand a chance. He’s a little bit more physically taxed than David is for sure. Sam I think will have a chance. If it gets to a fifth match a lot of the pressure actually shifts in the other direction. Momentum is important and it shifts quickly in Davis Cup.”
The next Matches
Ferrer will play Isner and Almagro will take on Querrey. Spain is still the favorite, but if Isner upsets Ferrer… well then it is going to be interesting.
