Davis Cup, What A Week Around The World. Even Stan Wawrinka!

Written by: on 27th January 2014
Davis Cup, What A Week Around The World. Even Stan Wawrinka!   |

By Dusan Vemic.

 

PRO TOUR NEWS – MEN

 

* Wawrinka plans to play Davis Cup

****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******

 

Davis Cup

 

Teams are moving into place for this weekend’s opening, with new Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka saying he will front up for Switzerland against Serbia in Novi Sad. “Davis Cup, it’s really important for me. I’m really proud. It’s a big honor to play for my country. So for sure I’m still thinking to go there. I don’t know how I’m going to get there exactly, if I’m still going to be there.” Roger Federer is again skipping the opening round and Serbia won’t have Novak Djokovic, one of Wawrinka’s Melbourne victims.

Other first-round ties include: the holder Czech Republic v Netherlands in Ostrava, Japan v Canada in Tokyo, Germany v Spain in Frankfurt, France v Australia in La Roche sur Yon, US v Britain at San Diego, Argentina v Italy at Mar del Plata and Kazakhstan v Belgium at Astana.

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******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Davis Cup

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Vina del Mar (250/Clay). Defending Champion: Horacio Zeballos

Montpellier (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Richard Gasquet

Zagreb (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Marin Cilic

******** STATS AND FACTS ********

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of January 27, 2014

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….14330

2..(2) Djokovic……….10620

3..(8) Wawrinka………..5710

4..(5) Del Potro……….5370

5..(3) Ferrer………….5280

6..(4) Murray………….4720

7..(7) Berdych…………4540

8..(6) Federer…………4355

9..(9) Gasquet…………3050

10.(10) Tsonga………….2885

11.(11) Raonic………….2770

12.(12) Haas……………2435

13.(13) Isner…………..2320

14.(15) Youzhny…………2145

15.(16) Fognini…………2100

16.(18) Robredo…………1980

17.(14) Almagro…………1930

18.(17) Nishikori……….1915

19.(22) Dimitrov………..1810

20.(19) Simon…………..1700

21.(20) Janowicz………..1615

22.(21) Anderson………..1580

23.(24) Gulbis………….1443

24.(28) Paire…………..1380

25.(30) Pospisil………..1359

26.(27) Lopez…………..1355

27.(23) Kohlschreiber……1330

28.(26) Tursunov………..1314

29.(32) Monfils…………1245

30.(37) Mayer…………..1245

 

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The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the 2014 Davis Cup World Group first round ties taking place on January 31- February 2.

 

 

WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND

 

CZECH REPUBLIC v NETHERLANDS

 

Venue: CEZ Arena, Ostrava, CZE (hard – indoor)

 

 

Czech Republic

 

Tomas Berdych

 

Radek Stepanek

 

Lukas Rosol

 

Jiri Vesely

 

Captain: Jaroslav Navratil

 

 

Netherlands

 

Robin Haase

 

Igor Sijsling

 

Thiemo de Bakker

 

Jean-Julien Rojer

 

Captain: Jan Siemerink

 

 

JAPAN v CANADA

 

Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, JPN (hard – indoor)

 

 

Japan

 

Kei Nishikori

 

Go Soeda

 

Yuichi Sugita

 

Yasutaka Uchiyama

 

Captain: Minoru Ueda

 

 

Canada

 

Milos Raonic

 

Vasek Pospisil

 

Frank Dancevic

 

Daniel Nestor

 

Captain: Martin Laurendeau

 

 

GERMANY v SPAIN

 

Venue: Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, GER (hard – indoor)

 

 

Germany

 

Tommy Haas

 

Philipp Kohlschreiber

 

Florian Mayer

 

Daniel Brands

 

Captain: Carsten Arriens

 

 

Spain

 

Feliciano Lopez

 

Fernando Verdasco

 

Roberto Bautista Agut

 

David Marrero

 

Captain: Carlos Moya

 

 

FRANCE v AUSTRALIA

 

Venue: Vendéspace, La Roche sur Yon, FRA (clay – indoor)

 

 

France

 

Richard Gasquet

 

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

 

Gael Monfils

 

Julien Benneteau

 

Captain: Arnaud Clement

 

 

Australia

 

Lleyton Hewitt

 

Nick Kyrgios

 

Christopher Guccione

 

Thanasi Kokkinakis

 

Captain: Patrick Rafter

 

 

USA v GREAT BRITAIN

 

Venue: Petco Park, San Diego, CA, USA (clay – outdoor)

 

 

USA

 

John Isner

 

Sam Querrey

 

Mike Bryan

 

Bob Bryan

 

Captain: Jim Courier

 

 

Great Britain

 

Andy Murray

 

James Ward

 

Kyle Edmund

 

Colin Fleming

 

Captain: Leon Smith

 

 

ARGENTINA v ITALY

 

Venue: Patinodromo Municipal “Adalberto Lugea”, Mar del Plata, ARG (clay – outdoor)

 

 

Argentina

 

Carlos Berlocq

 

Juan Monaco

 

Horacio Zeballos

 

Eduardo Schwank

 

Captain: Martin Jaite

 

 

Italy

 

Fabio Fognini

 

Andreas Seppi

 

Filippo Volandri

 

Simone Bolelli

 

Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

 

 

KAZAKHSTAN v BELGIUM

 

Venue: National Tennis Centre, Astana, KAZ (hard – indoor)

 

 

Kazakhstan

 

Mikhail Kukushkin

 

Andrey Golubev

 

Evgeny Korolev

 

Denis Yevseyev

 

Captain: Dias Doskarayev

 

 

Belgium

 

David Goffin

 

Ruben Bemelmans

 

Olivier Rochus

 

Germain Gigounon

 

Captain: Johan van Herck

 

 

SERBIA v SWITZERLAND

 

Venue: Spens Sport Centre, Novi Sad, SRB (hard – indoor)

 

 

Serbia

 

Dusan Lajovic

 

Filip Krajinovic

 

Ilija Bozoljac

 

Nenad Zimonjic

 

Captain: Bogdan Obradovic

 

 

Switzerland

 

Stanislas Wawrinka

 

Marco Chiudinelli

 

Henri Laaksonen

 

Michael Lammer

 

Captain: Severin Luthi

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