The bright spot of the day was the decisive win by the #4 seeded USA Young Cup team over #5 Canada today behind the singles play of Simona Bruetting and Debbie Spence-Nasim. The other teams weren’t as fortunate.
The Margaret Court Cup team lost to #4 Germany, with Julie Cass going down in a tough three setter on the slow clay at Ali Bey.
The Lenglen Cup team is down a match to Germany with Amanda Parson-Siegel losing the #2 singles point; Meredith Walton is playing number one today.
The Italia Cup lost to #3 seeded Gr. Britain, dropping both singles points behind the play of Ross Duncan at #2 and Marcio Pepe at the top spot.
The Trabert Cup has the day off; they finished 2nd in their group, having lost Monday and won on Tuesday.
The Dubler Cup team is down a match to #2 seeded Great Britain, with Curtis Dunn falling in a tough 2-setter at #2 singles and Kamil Kuchta playing at the top spot.
Knockout play to determine the Cup and the final finish of all teams begins tomorrow.
I will have a later post today with final results. Follow results at http://www.itftennis.com/news/202071.aspx.
USA Young Cup Team is below.