Friday, 2 February 2018

Davis Cup starts tonight Aus time

The ATP Tour has taken a rest this week, because of the Davis Cup opening round.

Today will see the initial singles matches and the draw sees:

France (1) v Netherlands in Albertville, France.

Italy (8) v Japan in Morioka, Japan

Great Britain (3) v Spain in Marbella, Spain

Australia (6) v Germany in Brisbane, Australia 

Kazakhstan v Switzerland (5) in Astana, Kazakhstan 

Canada v Croatia (4) in Osijek, Croatia 

USA v Serbia (7) in Nis, Serbia 

Hungary v Belgium (2) in Liege, Belgium 

High profile players listed for action in the various ties include:

David Goffin ranked 7 representing Belgium 

Sam Querrey ranked 12 representing USA 

John Isner ranked 18 representing USA 

Denis Shapovalov ranked 48 representing Canada

Borna Coric ranked 47 representing Croatia 

Sascha Zverev ranked 5 representing Germany

Nick Kyrgios ranked 14 representing Australia 

Albert Ramos-Vinolas ranked 21 representing Spain

Roberto Bautista Agut ranked 23 representing Spain 

Pablo Carreno Busta ranked 10 representing Spain 

Fabio Fognini ranked 22 representing Italy

Paolo Lorenzi ranked 46 representing Italy

Yuichi Sugita ranked 41 representing Japan

Lucas Pouille ranked 17 representing France

Richard Gasquet ranked 33 representing France

Robin Haase ranked 42 representing Netherlands 

No Federer, Nadal (injury a good excuse), Cilic (although named in the squad), Sock, Djokovic (same excuse as Nadal), or Wawrinka (not enough match fitness probably).

Still three top ten players and four more in the top twenty are featuring across the eight ties, and another nine from the top 50, so exciting tennis is expected today and over the weekend.

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