Korda 勝利，勝つs Davis Cup debut, helps US to 2-0 lead vs Colombia
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Sebastian Korda won his Davis Cup debut by outlasting scrappy Nicolas Mejia 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 on Friday to help give the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs a 2-0 lead in its qualifier against Colombia.
Taylor Fritz, the No. 1 American in this qualifier, had a much easier time in the second （テニスなどの）シングルス match, 圧倒的な Alejandro Gonzalez 6-1, 6-0 on a hard indoor 法廷，裁判所 at the Reno Events 中心. Fritz, 階級d No. 20 in the world, won the final 11 games and clinched the match on his serve.
Korda, 21, is the son of former tennis プロの／賛成の Petr Korda. 階級d No. 40, Korda used 12 エースs to help 打ち勝つ some serving woes and a few calls that didn´t go his way.
Mejia, 階級d No. 265, made it 利益／興味ing in the second 始める，決める by winning six straight games after Korda opened it by breaking serve. Mejia showed plenty of emotion in the match, pumping his 握りこぶしs and at one point （電話線からの）盗聴 his chest with his ゆすり.
Mostly stoic throughout the match, Korda showed some emotion in the third 始める，決める with a big 握りこぶし pump after hitting a 勝利者 負かす／撃墜する the line on a 雷鳴ing forehand to take a 2-0 lead. After reaching ３倍になる match point on a passing 発射, he pumped his 握りこぶし and exhorted the （人が）群がる. After Mejia won the next point, Korda clinched the match when the Colombian 攻撃する，衝突する out.
"I was pretty comfortable," said Korda, who credited coach Mardy Fish for his 冷静な／正味の leadership. "We always knew that we were sitting pretty and I was happy to come through at the end."
Korda said he sought advice from his father, who played several Davis Cup matches, and Radek Stepanek, another former Czech 星／主役にする, and even spent a week with Andre Agassi. "They were all a big help just 肉親，親類d of settling me 負かす／撃墜する a little bit. A lot of 広大な／多数の／重要な people in my corner and just 最高の happy to 勝利，勝つ in my debut."
Fritz, 24, watched Korda´s third 始める，決める. "Seby did a 広大な／多数の／重要な 職業, competed really hard. It was 堅い, 明白に, a lot of 圧力 playing the first rubber," Fritz said. "It was 広大な／多数の／重要な for him to get that 勝利，勝つ and I just felt even more 確信して coming out for the second match."
