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U.S. Davis Cup captain Jim Courier plans to face No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Serbia in the quarterfinals with the same group _ Sam Querrey, John Isner, twins Bob and Mike Bryan _ that beat Brazil in the first round.
Querrey stepped up after teammate John Isner lost 2-6, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3 to Thomaz Bellucci earlier Sunday, forcing a deciding fifth match. It was the first time since 2000 that a U.S. team needed to win the fifth match to advance.
It was only the third time the Bryan brothers had dropped a Davis Cup match. It was just the second time that they had dropped a five-set match in ATP competition. Their only other five-set defeat was in a 1999 match at Wimbledon.
John Isner is set to return from a knee injury and will play the No. 1 singles spot for the U.S. team against Brazil in the first round of Davis Cup World Group matches.
Isner has not played competitively since withdrawing from his opening-round match at the APIA International Sydney three weeks ago with a knee injury.
John Isner and Sam Querrey will join Bob and Mike Bryan on the U.S. team to play Brazil in the first round of Davis Cup World Group matches from Feb. 1-3.
The United States and Brazil will play a first-round Davis Cup match in Jacksonville in February.
The United States has reached the end of the road in its Davis Cup run.
The U.S. reached the end of the road in its Davis Cup run.
Even without Rafael Nadal, Spain presents a formidable challenge to the United States' bid to reach the Davis Cup final.
Even without Rafael Nadal, Spain presents a formidable challenge to the United States' bid to reach the Davis Cup final.
If there were ever a time the U.S. Davis Cup team could envision beating Spain, it had to be now with Rafael Nadal absent.
Without Andy Roddick or Mardy Fish, the U.S. Davis Cup team will count on a roster of John Isner, Sam Querrey and twins Bob and Mike Bryan for its semifinal at Spain on Sept. 14-16.
Champion at Wimbledon in both singles and doubles. Winner again in both events at the All England Club, four weeks later at the London Olympics.
Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors and other Grand Slam champions will play a series of matches around the country in October and November.
"Nothing changes," said U.S. captain Jim Courier.
Davis Cup: U.S. in trouble after Bryan brothers fall to Serbia →
U.S. captain Jim Courier announced the team in a statement Wednesday from Melbourne, where he is working at the Australian Open.
