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ITF Announces Davis Cup Team Nominations

The ITF has announced the team nominations for the 2010 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round and 26 zonal ties to be played on March 5-7.

WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND

SPAIN v SWITZERLAND
Venue: Plaza de Toros de la Ribera, Logrono , Spain (clay – indoors)
Spain
Juan Carlos Ferrero
David Ferrer
Tommy Robredo
Marcel Granollers
Captain: Albert Costa

Switzerland
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli
Michael Lammer
Yves Allegro
Captain: Severin Luthi

FRANCE v GERMANY
Venue: Palais des Sports, Toulon , France (hard - indoors)
France
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Gael Monfils
Michael Llodra
Julien Benneteau
Captain: Guy Forget

Germany
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Benjamin Becker
Simon Greul
Christopher Kas
Captain: Patrick Kuhnen

RUSSIA v INDIA
Venue: Small Sports Arena "Luzhniki", Moscow , Russia (hard – indoors)
Russia
Nikolay Davydenko
Mikhail Youzhny
Teimuraz Gabashvili
Igor Kunitsyn
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev

India
Somdev Devvarman
Rohan Bopanna
Leander Paes
Mahesh Bhupathi
Captain: Shiv Prakash Misra

SWEDEN v ARGENTINA
Venue: Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm , Sweden (hard – indoors)
Sweden
Robin Soderling
Andreas Vinciguerra
Simon Aspelin
Robert Lindstedt
Captain: Thomas Enqvist

Argentina
Juan Monaco
Horacio Zeballos
Leonardo Mayer
Eduardo Schwank
Captain: Tito Vazquez

CROATIA v ECUADOR
Venue: Gradska Sportska Dvorana, Varazdin , Croatia (hard – indoors)
Croatia
Marin Cilic
Ivo Karlovic
Ivan Dodig
Antonio Veic
Captain: Goran Prpic

Ecuador
Nicolas Lapentti
Giovanni Lapentti
Ivan Endara
Julio Campozano
Captain: Raul Viver

SERBIA v USA
Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade , Serbia (clay – indoors)
Serbia
Novak Djokovic
Viktor Troicki
Janko Tipsarevic
Nenad Zimonjic
Captain: Bogdan Obradovic

USA
John Isner
Sam Querrey
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Captain: Patrick McEnroe

CHILE v ISRAEL
Venue: Enjoy Tennis Center , Coquimbo , Chile (clay – outdoors)
Chile
Fernando Gonzalez
Nicolas Massu
Paul Capdeville
Jorge Aguilar
Captain: Hans Gildemeister

Israel
Dudi Sela
Harel Levy
Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram
Captain: Eyal Ran

BELGIUM v CZECH REPUBLIC
Venue: Expodroom, Bree , Belgium (clay – indoors)
Belgium
Olivier Rochus
Xavier Malisse
Steve Darcis
Christophe Rochus
Captain: Reginald Willems

Czech Republic
Tomas Berdych
Radek Stepanek
Jan Hajek
Lukas Dlouhy
Captain: Jaroslav Navratil

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC v URUGUAY
Venue: Federacion Dominicana de Tenis, Santa Domingo , Dominican Republic (hard – outdoors)
Dominican Republic
Victor Estrella
Jhonson Garcia
Jose Hernandez
Jesus Francisco Felix
Captain: Rafael Moreno
Uruguay
Pablo Cuevas
Marcel Felder
Federico Sansonetti
Martin Cuevas
Captain: Enrique Perez

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND
COLOMBIA v CANADA
Venue: Club Campestre El Rancho, Bogota , Colombia (clay – outdoors)
Colombia
Alejandro Falla
Santiago Giraldo
Carlos Salamanca
Juan-Sebastian Cabal
Captain: Felipe Beron
Canada
Daniel Nestor
Peter Polansky
Milos Raonic
Vasek Pospisil
Captain: Martin Laurendeau

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
AUSTRALIA v CHINESE TAIPEI
Venue: Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne Park , Melbourne , Australia (hard – outdoors)
Australia
Peter Luczak
Carsten Ball
Bernard Tomic
Paul Hanley
Captain: John Fitzgerald
Chinese Taipei
Tsung-Hua Yang
Chu-Huan Yi
Hsin-Han Lee
Liang-Chi Huang
Captain: Kuo Lung Ho

JAPAN v PHILIPPINES
Venue: Namihaya Dome, Osaka , Japan (hard – indoors)
Japan
Tatsuma Ito
Go Soeda
Takao Suzuki
Hiroki Kondo
Captain: Eiji Takeuchi
Philippines
Cecil Mamiit
Treat Huey
Johnny Arcilla
Francis Casey Alcantara
Captain: Chris Cuarto

CHINA, P.R. v UZBEKISTAN
Venue: Huayuan Hotel Jiangmen , Guangdong , China P.R. (hard – indoors)
China, P.R.
Mao-Xin Gong
Ze Zhang
Di Wu
Zhe Li
Captain: Ling Lu
Uzbekistan
Denis Istomin
Farrukh Dustov
Murad Inoyatov
Sergey Shipilov
Captain: Petr Lebed

KAZAKHSTAN v KOREA, REP.
Venue: The National Tennis Centre, Astana , Kazakhstan (clay – indoors)
Kazakhstan
Andrey Golubev
Mikhail Kukushkin
Yuriy Schukin
Danjil Braun
Captain: Yegor Shaldunov
Korea, Rep.
Kyu-Tae Im
Yong-Kyu Lim
Jae-Min Seol
Hyun-Joon Kim
Captain: Nam-Hoon Kim

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I FIRST ROUND
ITALY v BELARUS
Venue: Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina , Italy (clay – outdoors)
Italy
Andreas Seppi
Potito Starace
Fabio Fognini
Simone Bolelli
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
Belarus
Uladzimir Ignatik
Alexander Bury
Andrei Vasilevski
Max Mirnyi
Captain: Vladimir Voltchkov

POLAND v FINLAND
Venue: Hala 100 Lecia Sopotu, Sopot , Poland (hard – indoors)
Poland
Lukasz Kubot
Michal Przysiezny
Marcin Matkowski
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Captain: Radoslaw Szymanik
Finland
Jarkko Nieminen
Henri Kontinen
Timo Nieminen
Harri Heliovaara
Captain: Kim Tiilikainen

UKRAINE v LATVIA
Venue: Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk , Ukraine (hard – indoors)
Ukraine
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Illya Marchenko
Sergei Bubka
Ivan Sergeyev
Captain: Orest Tereshchuk
Latvia
Check www.daviscup.com

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND
AUSTRIA v SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Venue: Gleichenberg-Halle, Bad Gleichenberg , Austria (Hard – indoors)
Austria
Jurgen Melzer
Daniel Koellerer
Martin Fischer
Julian Knowle
Captain: Gilbert Schaller
Slovak Republic
Lukas Lacko
Martin Klizan
Filip Polasek
Michal Mertinak
Captain: Miloslav Mecir

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II FIRST ROUND
PERU v EL SALVADOR
Venue: Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposicion, Lima , Peru (clay – outdoors)
Peru
Ivan Miranda
Mauricio Echazu
Alvaro Raposo de Oliveira
Sergio Galdos
Captain: Alejandro Aramburu
El Salvador
Check www.daviscup.com

BOLIVIA v VENEZUELA
Venue: Club de Tenis La Paz , La Paz , Bolivia (clay – outdoors)
Bolivia
Mauricio Doria-Medina
Mauricio Estivariz
Erick Reyes
Marco-Antonio Rojas
Captain: Diego Camacho
Venezuela
Piero Luisi
Yohny Romero
Luis David Martinez
Roman Recarte
Captain: William Campos

PARAGUAY v NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Venue: Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo, Lambare , Paraguay (clay – outdoors)
Paraguay
Ramon Delgado
Diego Galeano
Jose Rolando Benitez Aranda
Nicolas Salama
Captain: Marcos Daniel Gonzalez Tonanez
Netherlands Antilles
Alexander Blom
Martijn van Haasteren
Claudio Dias Conduto
Playing Captain: Kevin Jonckheer

MEXICO v GUATEMALA
Venue: Rafael "Pelon" Osuna, Mexico City , Mexico (clay – outdoors)
Mexico
Bruno Rodriguez
Daniel Garza
Cesar Ramirez
Luis Diaz-Barriga
Captain: Jorge Lozano
Guatemala
Christopher Diaz-Figueroa
Julen Uriguen
Wilfredo Gonzalez
Playing Captain: Manuel Chavez

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II FIRST ROUND
THAILAND v PACIFIC OCEANIA
Venue: National Tennis Development Centre, Nonthaburi , Thailand (hard – outdoors)
Thailand
Check www.daviscup.com
Pacific Oceania
Michael Leong
Cyril Jacobe
Brett Baudinet
Captain: Cyrille Mainguy

MALAYSIA v INDONESIA
Venue: National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia (hard – indoors)
Malaysia
Si Yew Ming
Adam Jaya
Ariez Elyaas Bin Deen Heshaam
Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak
Captain: Singaram Selvarajoo
Indonesia
Christopher Rungkat
Sunu-Wahyu Trijati
Ketut-Nesa Arta
David Agung Susanto
Captain: Surya Wijaya

HONG KONG, CHINA v PAKISTAN
Venue: Victoria Park, Hong Kong , China (hard – outdoors)
Hong Kong, China
Hiu-Tung Yu
Cheuk-Wai Hui
Siu-Fai Lam
Wing-Lu Lam
Captain: Ling Hay Ming
Pakistan
Aisam Qureshi
Aqeel Khan
Jalil Khan
Yasir Khan
Captain: Rashid Ahmad Malik

SRI LANKA v NEW ZEALAND
Venue: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo , Sri Lanka (clay - outdoors)
Sri Lanka
Harshana Godamanna
Rajeev Rajapakse
Dineshkanthan Thangarajah
Sankha Atukorale
Captain: Aasir Iddamalgoda
New Zealand
Jose Statham
Daniel King-Turner
Mikal Statham
Marcus Daniell
Captain: Marcell Vos

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II FIRST ROUND
LITHUANIA v GREAT BRITAIN
Venue: Seb Arena, Vilnius , Lithuania (hard – indoors)
Lithuania
Ricardas Berankis
Laurynas Gregelis
Dovydas Sakinis
Lukas Mugevicius
Captain: Remigijus Balzekas
Great Britain
James Ward
Daniel Evans
Ken Skupski
Colin Fleming
Captain: John Lloyd

IRELAND v TURKEY
Venue: Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin , Ireland (hard – indoors)
Ireland
Louk Sorensen
Conor Niland
James McGee
Barry King
Captain: Sean Sorensen
Turkey
Marsel Ilhan
Haluk Akkoyun
Baris Erguden
Anil Yuksel
Captain: Alaaddin Karagoz

BULGARIA v MONACO
Venue: Tennis Hall, Sofia , Bulgaria (hard – indoors)
Bulgaria
Grigor Dimitrov
Valentin Dimov
Todor Enev
Tzvetan Mihov
Captain: Ognyan Iliev
Monaco
Benjamin Balleret
Thomas Oger
Guillaume Couillard
Playing Captain: Emmanuel Heussner

NORWAY v SLOVENIA
Venue: Riksanlegget For Tennis, Oslo , Norway (hard – indoors)
Norway
Erling Tveit
Stian Boretti
Fredrik Ask
Oystein Steiro
Captain: Anders Haseth
Slovenia
Blaz Kavcic
Grega Zemlja
Luka Gregorc
Aljaz Bedene
Captain: Blaz Trupej

PORTUGAL v DENMARK
Venue: Complexo de Tenis da Maia, Maia , Portugal (clay – indoors)
Portugal
Frederico Gil
Rui Machado
Leonardo Tavares
Pedro Sousa
Captain: Pedro Cordeiro
Denmark
Frederik Nielsen
Martin Pedersen
Soren Wedege
Thomas Kromann
Captain: Kenneth Carlsen

CYPRUS v EGYPT
Venue: "Spyros Kyprianou" Athletic Centre, Limassol , Cyprus (hard – indoors)
Cyprus
Marcos Baghdatis
Photos Kallias
Philippos Tsangaridis
Rares Cuzdriorean
Captain: Yiannos Hadjigeorgiou
Egypt
Karim Maamoun
Sherif Sabry
Mohamed Mamoun
Mohamed Safwat
Captain: Mostafa Naim Dalam

ESTONIA v HUNGARY
Venue: Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn , Estonia (hard – indoors)
Estonia
Jurgen Zopp
Jaak Poldma
Mait Kunnap
Vladimir Ivanov
Captain: Peeter Lamp
Hungary
Adam Kellner
Kornel Bardoczky
Robert Varga
Marton Fucsovic
Captain: Szabolcs Baranyi

MACEDONIA, F.Y.R. v BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA
Venue: Sport Hall "Gemidzii, Veles , Macedonia , F.Y.R. (clay – indoors)
Macedonia, F.Y.R.
Pedrag Rusevski
Dimitar Grabuloski
Lazar Magdinchev
Shendrit Deari
Captain: Dejan Marinkovikj
Bosnia/Herzegovina
Aldin Setkic
Ismar Gorcic
Mirza Basic
Damir Dzumhur
Captain: Daver Vranic