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Chile v Russia - La Serena, Chile - Red clay
France v Romania - Clermont-Ferrand, France - Taraflex hardcourt
Germany v Croatia - Krefeld, Germany - Rebound ace hardcourt
Belgium v Australia - Liege, Belgium - Red clay
Czech Republic v United States - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Red clay
Switzerland v Spain - Geneva, Switzerland - Taraflex carpet
Belarus v Sweden - Minks, Belarus - Taraflex hardcourt
Austria v Argentina - Linz, Austria - Greenset carpet

All ties 9th-11th February.
 
DB10 said:
Chile v Russia - La Serena, Chile - Red clay
France v Romania - Clermont-Ferrand, France - Taraflex hardcourt
Germany v Croatia - Krefeld, Germany - Rebound ace hardcourt
Belgium v Australia - Liege, Belgium - Red clay
Czech Republic v United States - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Red clay
Switzerland v Spain - Geneva, Switzerland - Taraflex carpet
Belarus v Sweden - Minks, Belarus - Taraflex hardcourt
Austria v Argentina - Linz, Austria - Greenset carpet

All ties 9th-11th February.
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Chile and Russia would be a good tie, presuming the top players are available. Federer has said he is not playing Davis Cup so Spain should have an easy win.
 
Redline said:
Chile and Russia would be a good tie, presuming the top players are available. Federer has said he is not playing Davis Cup so Spain should have an easy win.
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What’s new? :rolleyes:

The ITF has announced the team nominations for the 2007 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group First Round and 16 Zonal ties to be played on 9-11 February 2007.

WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND:

CHILE v RUSSIA : Venue: La Serena, Chile (clay - outdoors)

Chile
Fernando Gonzalez
Nicolas Massu
Paul Capdeville
Adrian Garcia
Captain: Hans Gildemeister

Russia
Marat Safin
Dmitry Tursunov
Igor Andreev
Teimuraz Gabashvili
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev


FRANCE v ROMANIA: Venue: Clermont-Ferrand, France (hard– indoors)

France
Richard Gasquet
Sebastien Grosjean
Arnaud Clement
Michael Llodra
Captain: Guy Forget

Romania
Andrei Pavel
Victor Hanescu
Victor Crivoi
Horia Tecau
Captain: Florin Segarceanu


GERMANY v CROATIA : Venue: Krefeld, Germany (hard – indoors)

Germany
Tommy Haas
Benjamin Becker
Alexander Waske
Michael Kohlmann
Captain: Patrik Kuhnen

Croatia
Ivan Ljubicic
Mario Ancic
Ivo Karlovic
Marin Cilic
Captain: Goran Prpic


BELGIUM v AUSTRALIA: Venue: Liege, Belgium (clay - indoors)

Belgium
Olivier Rochus
Kristof Vliegen
Christophe Rochus
D1ck Norman
Captain: Julien Hoferlin

Australia
Lleyton Hewitt
Chris Guccione
Paul Hanley
Peter Luczak
Captain: John Fitzgerald


CZECH REPUBLIC v USA: Venue: Ostrava, Czech Republic (clay - indoors)

Czech Republic
Tomas Berdych
Lukas Dlouhy
Ivo Minar
Pavel Vizner
Captain: Jaroslav Navratil

USA
Andy Roddick
James Blake
Mike Bryan
Bob Bryan
Captain: Patrick McEnroe


SWITZERLAND v SPAIN: Venue: Geneva, Switzerland (carpet - indoors)

Switzerland
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli
Yves Allegro
Stephane Bohli
Captain: Severin Luthi

Spain
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Fernando Verdasco
Feliciano Lopez
Captain: Emilio Sanchez


BELARUS v SWEDEN: Venue: Minsk, Belarus (hard - indoors)

Belarus
Max Mirnyi
Vladimir Voltchkov
Pavel Katliarou
Serguei Tarasevitch
Captain: Dmitry Tatur

Sweden
Robin Soderling
Jonas Bjorkman
Thomas Johansson
Simon Aspelin
Captain: Mats Wilander


AUSTRIA v ARGENTINA: Venue: Linz, Austria (carpet - indoors)

Austria
Jurgen Melzer
Stefan Koubek
Oliver Marach
Julian Knowle
Captain: Gilbert Schaller

Argentina
Jose Acasuso
Juan del Potro
Guillermo Canas
Sebastian Prieto
Captain: Alberto Mancini
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docker_azza said:
USA field their best possible team, for once.
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For once? Over the past few years they have fielded very strong teams.

But there are some very strong looking teams, and great to see most of the top players representing their country. The one main exception is Federer of course, but that comes as no surprise. Imagine a Federer/Nadal Davis Cup battle; that would be awesome.
 
BELGIUM v AUSTRALIA: Venue: Liege, Belgium (clay - indoors)

Belgium
Olivier Rochus
Kristof Vliegen
Christophe Rochus
D1ck Norman
Captain: Julien Hoferlin

Australia
Lleyton Hewitt
Chris Guccione
Paul Hanley
Peter Luczak
Captain: John Fitzgerald

You would like to think its up to Lleyton to be the dominant player. Lets hope he is free from injury and gives a good showing

Though I do believe Australia should win 3-1
 
PerthCrow said:
And people dare have a go at Lleyton :confused:

Federer a disgrace
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Wrong, Federer is smart. Switzerland have bugger no hope unless Federer plays every single tournament which would eventually tire him out. In the end players care about Grand Slams not Davis Cups for crying out loud. Lleyton can win 100 Davis Cups...but he won't be winning 10 grand slams+ that Federer will win. Federer i'll remember, Hewitt will be just someone who was between the sampras and the federer era to be honest! Tennis is a individual sport!
 
bombersno1 said:
Wrong, Federer is smart. Switzerland have bugger no hope unless Federer plays every single tournament which would eventually tire him out. In the end players care about Grand Slams not Davis Cups for crying out loud. Lleyton can win 100 Davis Cups...but he won't be winning 10 grand slams+ that Federer will win. Federer i'll remember, Hewitt will be just someone who was between the sampras and the federer era to be honest! Tennis is a individual sport!
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So why do people have a go at Lleyton when he says he is injured and might miss DC?
 
PerthCrow said:
BELGIUM v AUSTRALIA: Venue: Liege, Belgium (clay - indoors)

Belgium
Olivier Rochus
Kristof Vliegen
Christophe Rochus
D1ck Norman
Captain: Julien Hoferlin

Australia
Lleyton Hewitt
Chris Guccione
Paul Hanley
Peter Luczak
Captain: John Fitzgerald

You would like to think its up to Lleyton to be the dominant player. Lets hope he is free from injury and gives a good showing

Though I do believe Australia should win 3-1
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Why are you so confident?

Hewitt on clay..um yep he is ordinary on that surface, belgium are not. Guiccone just got beaten by Rochus in the AO, despite Rochus playing awful!

Hewitt wins 2, but Belgium wins the tie 3-2 for mine.
 

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bombersno1 said:
Why are you so confident?
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I think Hewitt is a better all round player than O Rochus.

Hewitt on clay..um yep he is ordinary on that surface, belgium are not. Guiccone just got beaten by Rochus in the AO, despite Rochus playing awful!

Hewitt wins 2, but Belgium wins the tie 3-2 for mine.
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Lets see who is right :)
 
PerthCrow said:
So why do people have a go at Lleyton when he says he is injured and might miss DC?
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I can't speak for everyone, but from my view I definately don't have a go at Lleyton for missing Davis Cups. In fact I'd rather him miss a few more in order for him to do better in Slams!
 
PerthCrow said:
I think Hewitt is a better all round player than O Rochus.



Lets see who is right :)
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I tipped Hewitt to win his 2 rubbers, in other words I have tipped him to beat Oliver Rochus. Guiccone will lose his 2. Then it will come down to the doubles and realistically Hanley is a fantastic doubles player but who else have we got. Hewitt hasn't played doubles in years probally. You'd have to give the advantage to Belgium there.
 
I think the gooch will get the nod over Luczak.

Wouldnt be surprised if the Gooch plays Doubles
 

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bombersno1 said:
Wrong, Federer is smart. Switzerland have bugger no hope unless Federer plays every single tournament which would eventually tire him out. In the end players care about Grand Slams not Davis Cups for crying out loud. Lleyton can win 100 Davis Cups...but he won't be winning 10 grand slams+ that Federer will win. Federer i'll remember, Hewitt will be just someone who was between the sampras and the federer era to be honest! Tennis is a individual sport!
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Which is probably why he should play, to give his country a chance…

So why do Nadal, Roddick, Ancic, Berdych, Blake ect, ect all play and Federer doesn’t? Sure Federer has a busy schedule but so does everyone else and yet they manage to make the time for it.
 
Drummond said:
Which is probably why he should play, to give his country a chance…

So why do Nadal, Roddick, Ancic, Berdych, Blake ect, ect all play and Federer doesn’t? Sure Federer has a busy schedule but so does everyone else and yet they manage to make the time for it.
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To put it simply, grand slams are more important to Federer and rightly so to be honest. If Federer could play Davis Cup taht would not harm his grand slam preparation, then he would!
 
Funkalicous said:
Clay? Ahhh..
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Like the surface matters.

RoosterLad said:
I can't believe so many top players refuse to play for their country's.. until they get further into the comp of course. It is a disgrace.
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Why should players particpate every year in a competition that shouldn't run every year? It's about time many tournaments were run every 2nd year. eg. Davis Cup, Champion's League etc
 
bombersno1 said:
I tipped Hewitt to win his 2 rubbers, in other words I have tipped him to beat Oliver Rochus. Guiccone will lose his 2. Then it will come down to the doubles and realistically Hanley is a fantastic doubles player but who else have we got. Hewitt hasn't played doubles in years probally. You'd have to give the advantage to Belgium there.
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Hanley and Hewitt played doubles together in the Adelaide International.
 

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