USA Completes Davis Cup Sweep Of Swiss

LOS ANGELES, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 06th Feb, 2017 ) : Sam Querrey and Steve Johnson won dead singles rubbers Sunday to complete a 5-0 sweep for the United States over Switzerland in their first-round Davis Cup tie at Birmingham, Alabama.

Querrey downed Adrien Bossel 6-3, 7-5 while Johnson, who joined Jack Sock in taking a tie-clinching doubles victory Saturday, defeated Antoine Bellier 6-4, 6-3 as reserves took the court with the overall outcome not in doubt.

Singles victories Friday by Sock and John Isner combined with the doubles win had sealed Switzerland's fate.

The Americans advanced to a quarter-final matchup April 7-9 at Australia, which dispatched the Czech Republic 4-1 in another World Group first-round tie.

The US squad improved to 4-1 in Davis Cup play against the Swiss, including a 1992 final that brought a trophy to American standouts Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe and Jim Courier. Roger Federer sparked the lone Swiss victory over the Americans in 2001, winning twice in singles and contributing to a doubles triumph.