Davis Cup Qualifiers

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DATE: March 6 - 7, 2020
EVENT: Qualifiers - Davis Cup
LOCATION: Various

Davis Cup. Credit: Felouch Kotek (Wikimedia / Creative Commons)

CROATIA v INDIA
Venue: Dom Sportova, Zagreb, CRO (hard - indoor)

Borna Gojo (CRO) v Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)
Marin Cilic (CRO) v Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)
Mate Pavic/Franko Skugor (CRO) v Rohan Bopanna/Leander Paes (IND)
Marin Cilic (CRO) v Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)
Borna Gojo (CRO) v Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)

AUSTRIA v URUGUAY
Venue: Steiermarkhalle Schwarzlsee, Graz I Premstätten, AUT (hard - indoor)

Dennis Novak (AUT) v Martin Cuevas (URU)
Jurij Rodionov (AUT) v Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Oliver Marach/Jurgen Melzer (AUT) v Ariel Behar/Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Dennis Novak (AUT) v Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Jurij Rodionov (AUT) v Martin Cuevas (URU)

JAPAN v ECUADOR
Venue: Bourbon Beans Dome, Miki, JPN (hard - indoor)

Go Soeda (JPN) v Emilio Gomez (ECU)
Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) v Roberto Quiroz (ECU)
Ben Mclachlan/Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) v Gonzalo Escobar/Diego Hidalgo (ECU)
Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) v Emilio Gomez (ECU)
Go Soeda (JPN) v Roberto Quiroz (ECU)

SWEDEN v CHILE
Venue: The Royal Tennis Hall (Kungl. Tennishallen), Stockholm, (hard - indoor)

Mikael Ymer (SWE) v Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera (CHI)
Elias Ymer (SWE) v Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
Markus Eriksson/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) v Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera/Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
Mikael Ymer (SWE) v Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
Elias Ymer (SWE) v Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera (CHI)

HUNGARY v BELGIUM
Venue: Fonix Hall, Debrecen, HUN (clay - indoor)

Attila Balazs (HUN) v Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) v Kimmer Coppejans (BEL)
Attila Balazs/Marton Fucsovics (HUN) v Sander Gille/Joran Vliegen (BEL)
Attila Balazs (HUN) v Kimmer Coppejans (BEL)
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) v Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)

COLOMBIA v ARGENTINA
Venue: Palacio de los Deportes, Bogotá, COL (clay - indoor)

Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
Santiago Giraldo (COL) v Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG)
Juan-Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah (COL) v Maximo Gonzalez/Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) v Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG)
Santiago Giraldo (COL) v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

USA v UZBEKISTAN
Venue: Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, USA (hard - indoor)

(draw to take place at 02:30 GMT on Friday 6 March)

AUSTRALIA v BRAZIL
Venue: Memorial Drive Tennis Club, Adelaide, AUS (hard - outdoor)

Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Thiago Monteiro (BRA)
John Millman (AUS) v Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA)
James Duckworth/John Peers (AUS) v Marcelo Demoliner/Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (BRA)
John Millman (AUS) v Thiago Monteiro (BRA)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA)

ITALY v KOREA, REP.
Venue: Circolo Tennis Cagliari, Cagliari, ITA (clay - outdoor)

Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Duckhee Lee (KOR)
Gianluca Mager (ITA) v Ji Sung Nam (KOR)
Lorenzo Sonego/Stefano Travaglia (ITA) v Ji Sung Nam/Min-Kyu Song (KOR)
Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Ji Sung Nam (KOR)
Gianluca Mager (ITA) v Duckhee Lee (KOR)

GERMANY v BELARUS
Venue: Castello Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GER (hard - indoor)

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) v Ilya Ivashka (BLR)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) v Egor Gerasimov (BLR)
Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies (GER) v Egor Gerasimov/Andrei Vasilevski (BLR)
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) v Egor Gerasimov (BLR)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) v Ilya Ivashka (BLR)

KAZAKHSTAN v NETHERLANDS
Venue: National Tennis Center, Nur-Sultan, KAZ (hard - indoor)

Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) v Robin Haase (NED)
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) v Tallon Griekspoor (NED)
Andrey Golubev/Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) v Wesley Koolhof/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) v Robin Haase (NED)
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) v Tallon Griekspoor (NED)

SLOVAKIA v CZECH REPUBLIC
Venue: AXA Arena NTC, Bratislava, SVK (clay - indoor)

Jozef Kovalik (SVK) v Jiri Vesely (CZE)
Andrej Martin (SVK) v Lukas Rosol (CZE)
Filip Polasek/Igor Zelenay (SVK) v Jonas Forejtek/Zdenek Kolar (CZE)
Andrej Martin (SVK) v Jiri Vesely (CZE)
Jozef Kovalik (SVK) v Lukas Rosol (CZE)


The Format:

Twenty-four nations will go head-to-head in a bid to win one of 12 qualifying spots for the Davis Cup by Rakuten Madrid Finals. The 12 losing nations will compete in World Group I ties in September 2020.

The winning nations will join the six nations who have already qualified for the 2020 Davis Cup Finals - the 2019 semi-finalists, Canada, Great Britain, Russia and Spain, and the 2020 wild cards, France and Serbia.

The Tournament:

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and Kosmos Holding and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis", and the winners are referred to as the World Champion team. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2016, 135 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries over the history of the tournament are the United States (winning 32 tournaments and finishing as runners-up 29 times) and Australia (winning 28 times, including four occasions with New Zealand as Australasia, and finishing as runners-up 19 times). The present champions are Spain, who beat Canada to win their sixth title in 2019.

TV Coverage:

Australia v Brazil

Start times:
Day 1: 1300 hrs local (0230 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1200 hrs local (0130 hrs GMT)

Broadcasters:
Australia: Channel 9
Brazil: DAZN
China: iQiyi
New Zealand: SKY
Singapore: Starhub

Austria v Uruguay

Start times:
Day 1: 1500 hrs local (1400 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1300 hrs local (1200 hrs GMT)

Broadcasters:
Austria: Servus TV
Uruguay: DIRECTV, TENCEL, Tenfield
Chile: DIRECTV
France: beIN
India: Eurosport
Israel: Sport5
Mexico: Sky

Colombia v Argentina

Start times:
Day 1: 1600 hrs local (2100 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1200 hrs local (1700 hrs GMT)

Broadcasters:
Colombia: Win Sports
Argentina: TyC Sports

Croatia v India

Start times:
Day 1: 1500 hrs local (1400 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1500 hrs local (1400 hrs GMT)

Broadcasters:
Croatia: HRT
India: Eurosport
France: beIN

Germany v Belarus

Start times:
Day 1: 1600 hrs local (1500 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1200 hrs local (1100 hrs GMT)

Broadcasters:
Germany: sportdeutschland.tv
Belarus: Belarus5
France: beIN
India: Eurosport

Hungary v Belgium

Start times:
Day 1: 1600 hrs (1500 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1200 hrs (1100 hrs GMT)

Broadcasters:
Hungary: MTVA
Belgium: RTBF, VRT
France: beIN
India: Eurosport

Italy v Korea, Republic

Start times:
Day 1: 1200 hrs local (1100 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1100 hrs local (1000 hrs GMT)

Broadcasters:
Italy: Supertennis
China: iQiyi
France: beIN

Japan v Ecuador

Start times:
Day 1: 1200 hrs local (0300 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1100 hrs local (0200 hrs GMT)

Broadcasters:
Japan: Rakuten, Wowow
Ecuador: DIRECTV
China: iQiyi

Kazakhstan v Netherlands

Start times:
Day 1: 1400 hrs local (0800 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1200 hrs local (0600 hrs GMT)

Broadcasters:
Kazakhstan: Qaz Sports
Netherlands: Ziggo
China: iQiyi
France: beIN
India: Eurosport

Slovakia v Czech Republic

Start times:
Day 1: 1600 hrs (1500 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1730 hrs (1630 hrs GMT)

Broadcasters:
Slovakia: Slovak TV
Czech Republic: Czech TV
France: beIN
India: Eurosport

Sweden v Chile

Start times:
Day 1: 1700 hrs local (1600 hrs GMT)
Day 2: 1300 hrs local (1200 hrs GMT)

Broadcasters:
Sweden: STF
Chile: DIRECTV
France: beIN
India: Eurosport

USA v Uzbekistan

Start times:
Day 1: 1700 hrs local (0300 GMT)
Day 2: 1300 hrs local (2300 GMT)

Broadcasters:
USA: CBS
China: iQiyi
France: beIN
India: Eurosport
Mexico: Sky
New Zealand: SKY

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I thought Leander Paes retired. He is playing in the DC. Does he play in the circuit also?

 

[don_fabio]

I thought Leander Paes retired. He is playing in the DC. Does he play in the circuit also?

He played doubles with Bopanna (another old timer) against Skugor/Pavic and they won. Paes is still a good doubles player even though he looks like he has a big belly. He is a doubles legend and today he was so excited, like he is 20 year old. He still enjoys to play. Amazing.