TENNIS CHANNEL’S LIVE DAVIS CUP COVERAGE INCLUDES U.S. 2016 QUALIFIER, 2015 SEMIFINALS THIS WEEKEND

Written by: Staff on 17th September 2015

TENNIS CHANNEL'S LIVE DAVIS CUP COVERAGE INCLUDES U.S. 2016 QUALIFIER, 2015 SEMIFINALS THIS WEEKEND |

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TENNIS CHANNEL’S LIVE DAVIS CUP COVERAGE INCLUDES U.S. 2016 QUALIFIER, 2015 SEMIFINALS THIS WEEKEND

Captain Jim Courier Leads Americans Jack Sock, Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson and Donald Young Jr. against Uzbekistan for Place in Next Year’s Tournament

Andy Murray and Britain Host Australia and Lleyton Hewitt

in this Year’s Semifinals; Belgium Welcomes Argentina

Tennis Channel will provide exclusive live coverage of the U.S. Davis Cup team’s competition against Uzbekistan in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, this weekend, with the telecast beginning at 12:30 a.m. ET, Friday, Sept. 18. The United States must defeat Uzbekistan to qualify for the 2016 Davis Cup tournament. Second-ranked American player Jack Sock will join Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson and Donald Young Jr. as they fight for a spot in next year’s Davis Cup tournament, after the Americans lost their first-round match to Britain in March.

In addition to televising the United States-Uzbekistan matchup this weekend, Tennis Channel will cover the 2015 Davis Cup semifinals, with live coverage of Britain-Australia play in Glasgow, Scotland, beginning at 8 a.m. ET. Highlighting the competition, World No. 3 Andy Murray will face Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt in a battle of former Wimbledon and US Open champions.

Viewers can also catch the Belgium-Argentina semifinal live in its entirety on the network’s digital-subscription service, Tennis Channel Plus. Available to everyone in the United States regardless of whether or not they subscribe to Tennis Channel, the platform will also feature live coverage of the Dominican Republic-Germany 2016-tournament qualifier in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Stars set to play in this weekend’s Davis Cup competition include Britain’s Murray, Australia’s Bernard Tomic and Hewitt, Belgium’s David Goffin and Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber.

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Tennis Channel’s on-air coverage is as follows PLEASE NOTE (all time ET):

Friday, Sept. 18:

12:30a.m. – Live Singles USA vs. Uzbekistan

8a.m. – Live Singles Britain vs. Australia

Saturday, Sept. 19:

2:30a.m. – Live Doubles USA vs. Uzbekistan

8a.m. – Live Doubles Britain vs. Australia

Sunday, Sept. 20:

12:30a.m. – Live Singles USA vs. Uzbekistan

8a.m. – Live Singles Britain vs. Australia

The United States and Uzbekistan have never faced each other in Davis Cup play. The Americans must defeat Uzbekistan in order to compete in the 2016 Davis Cup competition. The U.S. squad leads all nations with 32 Davis Cup championships.

The team is captained by Jim Courier, who as a player helped the American squad win the Davis Cup in 1992 and 1995. Among its players, Sock won his first career ATP singles title in April at the Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston. Querrey holds seven ATP singles titles and reached the final at Nottingham and Houston this year. Johnson advanced to the third round at this year’s Australian Open and French Open before falling to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka. Young advanced to his second ATP singles final in Delray Beach, Fla., and reached the semifinals and doubles final in Memphis earlier this year.

If Uzbekistan wins this weekend it will qualify for a chance to play for the 2016 Davis Cup. Uzbekistan’s team is captained by Petr Lebed and features Denis Istomin, Farrukh Dustov, Temur Ismailov and Sanjar Fayziev.

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Topics: Davis Cup, Donald Young jr, jack sock, Jim Courier, Steve Johnson, Tennis Channel, U.S. Davis Cup Team, Uzbekistan

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