Overview

• Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz defeated Yosuke Watanuki and Takeru Yuzuki 6:3, 7:6 (7:4) to clinch a 3:0 away sweep in Tokyo.
• The German pair saved three set points at 5–6 in the second set and strung together 11 straight points before closing out the tiebreak.
• On day one, Jan-Lennard Struff beat Yoshihito Nishioka 6:4, 6:7 (4:7), 6:4, while Yannick Hanfmann topped Shintaro Mochizuki 6:3, 6:3.
• Teenager Justin Engel, 17, won his Davis Cup debut in a dead rubber against Rei Sakamoto 6:3, 6:7 (2:7), 10:7 to become Germany’s second-youngest player after Boris Becker.
• Germany advances to the Final8 in Bologna from 18–23 November, with Alexander Zverev again absent from the qualifier after criticizing the competition format.