ATP Tokyo, Japan
Brandon Nakashima sinks Frances Tiafoe in Tokyo before Ben Shelton denies Reilly Opelka
The winners of the two all-American contests took different paths to victory Thursday at the ATP 500 event.
Opelka saved three match points in the second set en route to winning 6-7(4), 7-6(9), 6-3 in the Americans' opening rubber vs. Germany.
The American came through a final-set tiebreaker to secure the first point for his nation in Zhuhai.
The 19-year-old won 10 straight games in the 6-2, 6-0 win to reach the Infosys Hall of Fame Open for the second year in a row.