Brandon Nakashima v Jozef Kovalik Highlights | USA v Slovakia Davis Cup 2024 Finals Group Stage

Playing just his second career Davis Cup match. Big serve, follows it up with the forehand winner. Inside, working all angles en route to the hold. One off. Great tennis from Nakashima. Working the point. Backing behind in the end rung. Footing, cover like that. Double fault. So Brennan Nakashima gets the break. He's up 3-2 here in the opening set for Team USA. Oh, great play there. What a combination. Serve up the tee and then going for the big inside-out forehand for the winner. It's his favorite shot, that forehand. He can do anything with it. Great depth as well. Definitely the best game thus far for Kovalik in Slovakia. Trying to fight back down a break here in the opening set. Another serve to that backhand side. Gets a game point. Actually gets another game, 5-3 here in the opening set. Great job. That was a tough body serve. So the young American, Brendan Nakashima, in his second career Davis Cup tie is up a set, 6-3. Well, that's the play Slovakia is looking for. Little fist pump there from Kovalik. And he really opened it up with that forehand up the line right here. Setting up the easy put away. There's a winner, triple game point. Great timing here from Kovalik. Oh, that one stays in. I mean, can't wait to see the Hawkeye on that. It must have been the corner of the line. And the break goes to Brendan Nakashima. So he is up a set and a break in control here as America is trying to close out this tie and get their second straight tie victory here. Big moment here. Nice effort from Slovakia. Kovalik guts that one out. Back to Deuce. Oh, what a nice shot there. Kovalik did a good job mixing up the pace. But Nakashima has no problem going up the line for the winner. Three match points for the American. And there it is, the forehand winner up the line for Brendan Nakashima. A winner for Team USA in number one singles. And it's good enough for America's second tie victory here in group C competition in Zhuhai, China. United States in full effect, courtesy of Brendan Nakashima's win. Great performance. I mean, he looked so confident from start to finish. He played a brilliant match and he served well. Team USA is number one.