Davis Cup By BNP Paribas Playoffs Draw

Written by: on 11th July 2011
CANADA VS ECUADOR
Davis Cup By BNP Paribas Playoffs Draw

Vasek Pospisil from Canada returns the ball to Ecuadorean Julio Cesar Campuzano during the Davis Cup game for the second round of the Group I in America Zone, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on 10 July 2011. Canada tied the series 2-2 against Ecuador. EPA/Jaime Echeverría  |

The ITF has announced the seeds for the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs draw. The Draw will take place on Wednesday 13 July at the ITF offices in London at 10:00 (09:00 GMT).

The eight seeded nations are Austria, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, India, Israel, Russia and Switzerland. Seeds are based on the new ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking of 11 July.

Each of the seeds will be drawn against one of the following unseeded nations: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Japan, Romania and South Africa.

The 2011 World Group play-offs will take place alongside the World Group semifinals on 16-18 September. The eight winning nations will contest the 2012 World Group.

The line-up for the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs was confirmed after Australia, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Japan, South Africa and Switzerland all won their Zone Group I second round ties on 8-10 July. Israel had already booked its place in the play-offs after winning its Europe/Africa Zone Group I second round tie on 4-6 March.

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND

CANADA defeated ECUADOR 3-2

Venue: Francisco Segura Cano (Guayaquil Tenis Club), Guayaquil, ECU (clay – outdoors)

Ivan Endara (ECU) d. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 63 64 67(6) 63

Julio-Cesar Campozano (ECU) d. Philip Bester (CAN) 76(4) 67(4) 75 62

Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d .Emilio Gomez/Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 76(4) 64 75

Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Julio-Cesar Campozano (ECU) 63 64 75

Philip Bester (CAN) d. Ivan Endara (ECU) 62 76(3) 64

BRAZIL defeated URUGUAY 5-0

Venue: Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, URU (clay – outdoors)

Rogerio Dutra da Silva (BRA) d. Marcel Felder (URU) 62 62 63

Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) d. Martin Cuevas (URU) 61 64 75

Thomaz Bellucci/Bruno Soares (BRA) d. Martin Cuevas/Marcel Felder (URU) 64 63 63

Bruno Soares (BRA) d.  Ariel Behar (URU) 62 62

Rogerio Dutra da Silva (BRA) d. Martin Cuevas (URU) 63 76(4)

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND

AUSTRALIA defeated CHINA, P.R. 3-1

Venue: Beijing International Tennis Center, Beijing, CHN (hard – indoors)

Di Wu (CHN) d. Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 46 63 36 64 64

Bernard Tomic (AUS) d. Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 57 64 64

Chris Guccione/Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Mao-Xin Gong/Zhe Li (CHN) 64 64 64

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Ze Zhang (CHN) 62 61 46 76(2)

Di Wu (CHN) v Bernard Tomic (AUS) not played

JAPAN defeated UZBEKISTAN 4-1

Venue: Bourbon Beans Dome, Kobe, JPN (hard – indoors)

Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 64 64 64

Kei Nishikori (JPN) d. Farrukh Dustov (UZB) 67(2) 63 61 ret.

Kei Nishikori/Go Soeda (JPN) d. Denis Istomin/Murad Inoyatov (UZB) 75 76(5) 75

Kei Nishikori (JPN) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) 67(5) 75 64 63

Go Soeda (JPN) d. Sarvar Ikramov (UZB) 75 60

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND

ISRAEL defeated POLAND 3-2* played 4-6 March

Venue: Canada Stadium, Ramat Hasharon, ISR (hard – outdoors)

Dudi Sela (ISR) d. Marcin Gawron (POL) 61 63 64

Amir Weintraub (ISR) d. Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 46 62 62 67(4) 63

Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (ISR) d. Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (POL) 46 64 63 61

Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 76(5) 64

Amir Weintraub (ISR) v Marcin Gawron (POL)* forfeit

ITALY defeated SLOVENIA 5-0

Venue: Circolo Tennistico Corracilvuna, Arzachena, ITA (clay – outdoors)

Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Grega Zemlja (SLO) 16 64 64 64

Potito Starace (ITA) d. Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 36 63 62 64

Daniele Bracciali/Potito Starace (ITA) d. Blaz Kavcic/Grega Zemlja (SLO) 76(3) 76(4) 62

Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 62 2-2 ret.

Simone Bolelli (ITA) d. Grega Zemlja (SLO) 75 63

SOUTH AFRICA defeated NETHERLANDS 3-1

Venue: Fanie Du Toit Sports Stadium, Potchefstroom, RSA (hard – outdoors)

Robin Haase (NED) d. Rik de Voest (RSA) 67(5) 63 60 64

Kevin Anderson (RSA) d. Thomas Schoorel (NED) 67(5) 64 76(4) 61

Kevin Anderson/Rik de Voest (RSA) d. Robin Haase/Jesse Huta Galung (NED) 67(4) 62 64 64

Kevin Anderson (RSA) d. Robin Haase (NED) 63 36 62 62

Rik de Voest (RSA) v Thomas Schoorel (NED) not played

SWITZERLAND defeated PORTUGAL 5-0

Venue: Postfinance Arena, Bern, SUI (hard – indoors)

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. Frederico Gil (POR) 75 63 64

Roger Federer (SUI) d. Rui Machado (POR) 57 63 64 62

Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. Frederico Gil/Leonardo Tavares (POR) 63 64 64

Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) d. Joao Sousa (POR) 63 64

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. Leonardo Tavares (POR) 76(1) 60








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