Australia's tennis men will have to down a powerful US side in the quarter-finals if they are to go on and achieve their dream of regaining the Davis Cup in Malaga in November.
Thursday's draw for the Cup's 'final 8' week at the Spanish venue could hardly have been more forbidding for Lleyton Hewitt's team, with champions Italy most likely to be awaiting them in the semis should they get through their last-eight tie.
In the quarters, the USA-Australia tie will be a collision between the two teams who have won the World Cup of men's tennis more times than any other.
