The Spanish Davis Cup team will be playing the United States for a place in the tournament final after winning the definitive match against Austria. In the match held this afternoon between the two number-one seeds on each national team, David Ferrer knocked out Jurgen Melzer by 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. Thanks to this victory, the champion of the Valencia Open 500 in 2010 and semi-finalist in 2011 has further underlined his reliable performance in this competition, having won every single one of his singles matches played on home ground so far.