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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