In September 2025, just days after the season’s final Major, the Voice of the US Open Andy Taylor served as Davis Cup announcer for the clash between Czechia and the United States in Delray Beach, Florida. The Qualifying Tie was Taylor’s 20th stateside event for “The World Cup of Tennis,” including Team USA’s victory over Russia in the 2007 Davis Cup Final. In Delray Beach, Andy hosted the draw, narrated all of the Tie’s ceremonies, wrote and voiced every player introduction, and interviewed the winners following each match.
DAY ONE. SINGLES.
On Friday night, Czechia’s top talent Jiri Lehecka opened proceedings with a demonstrative 77-minute triumph over Frances Tiafoe, who was making his Home Tie debut for the Americans. Then, Taylor Fritz — who hadn’t been feeling well all week — muscled-out a critical triumph over Jakub Mensik to level it . . . in a match that was no guarantee. Back in March, Mensik earned a deciding-set tiebreak victory over Fritz in Miami’s Semifinals . . . then went on to beat Djokovic to lift his first ever Masters-1000 trophy.
DAY TWO. DOUBLES.
Saturday started with a nail-biter, as Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram outlasted Tomas Machac and Jakub Mensik. The Americans earned set-1 (8-6) in the tiebreak, before lightning led to a two hour weather delay in the second. When play resumed, Machac and Mensik broke Ram to level the match – but Krajicek and Ram held firm in the decider, earning a late break over Mensik to put the Americans up 2-1.
DAY TWO. REVERSE SINGLES.
In reverse singles, Jiri Lehecka and Taylor Fritz struggled with South Florida’s thick, post-storm humidity as much as they struggled with each other. It was brutal. Finally, after nearly 2-hours and 30-minutes, Lehecka came out on top — extending the Tie to a deciding match — earning his fourth top-10 win of the season, and his first triumph over Fritz. The weekend came down to Jakub Mensik and Frances Tiafoe – a spot in 2025’s Davis Cup Finals on the line . . . and Mensik never blinked. The 20-year-old controlled play from ball-up, eliminating the Americans on their choice of ground in just over an hour.
29 YEARS IN THE MAKING
Coming into the 2nd-Round Qualifier, the Americans led Czechia (5-1) in Davis Cup competition. In fact, the one time Czechia defeated the US Davis Cup Team in the 1996 World Group Quarterfinals, not a single talent on Czechia’s squad had been born. Back then, Sebastian Korda’s father Petr clinched the victory for the Czechs in the 5th rubber, defeating MaliVai Washington.
2025 DAVIS CUP FINALS
And so Czechia moves on to the Davis Cup Finals November 18th – 23rd in Bologna, Italy where they’ll face Carlos Alcaraz and Team Spain the Quarterfinals. Rounding out 2025 Field of Eight — 2-time defending champion Italy, Austria, France, Belgium, Argentina and Germany.
FULL MATCH RECAPS, STATISTICS AND PLAYER INTRODUCTIONS
Click on the match graphics below to see complete match recaps, game-by-game scoring, head-to-head statistics, and complete player introductions.
Additionally, follow this link for coverage of previous Davis Cup Ties where Andy Taylor has been the US Davis Cup Team’s lead announcer.
Over the past 23-years, it has been an absolute honor to witness three generations of American talent represent the Stars and Stripes. From the 2002 US Open, where Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi contested the Final . . . to Team USA's 32nd Davis Cup title in Portland where Andy, James, Bob and Mike won it all on their home turf. Now, with the likes of Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul, and Reilly Opelka carrying the torch, excelling at the top of the sport, it remains a surreal thrill to play a small role in the ceremonial presentation that embodies "The World Cup of Tennis." LFG, Team USA.