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Monfils, Gasquet Lead French Davis Cup Team



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(September 8, 2010) Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet squared off in the US Open fourth round and will join forces to lead host France in its Davis Cup semifinal against Argentina. The ITF announced the team nominations for the Davis Cup World Group semifinals, World Group playoffs and eight zonal ties to be played September 17-19th.

David Nalbandian, Juan Monaco, Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos will represent Argentina, which will be without 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro, who continues to recover from wrist surgery.

U.S. Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe selected Mardy Fish, John Isner, Sam Querrey and Ryan Harrison to an American team that will travel to Bogoton to take on a Colombian squad led by S
antiago Giraldo and Alejandro Falla.

Monfils questioned Gasquet's mental strength in the aftermath of his US Open fourth-round win.

"He showed me at the time he was not that good mentally," Monfils said of Gasquet. "He show me he was, I won't say weak, but it was like shaky a bit. Then I knew he missed and I knew if I closed this game then (I) will break for sure if I put pressure on him and I was right."

Live scoring for all World Group ties will be available on the Davis Cup web site throughout the weekend. A Communications Department representative will be available at the ITF headquarters in London.


 
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS

 
FRANCE v ARGENTINA

Venue: Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon , France (hard - indoors)

 
France

Gael Monfils

Michael Llodra

Richard Gasquet

Gilles Simon

Captain: Guy Forget

 

Argentina

Juan Monaco

David Nalbandian

Eduardo Schwank

Horacio Zeballos

Captain: Tito Vazquez

 
SERBIA v CZECH REPUBLIC

Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade , Serbia (hard - indoors)

 
Serbia

Novak Djokovic

Viktor Troicki

Janko Tipsarevic

Nenad Zimonjic

Captain: Bogdan Obradovic

 
Czech Republic

Tomas Berdych

Radek Stepanek

Jan Hajek

Ivo Minar

Captain: Jaroslav Navratil

 
WORLD GROUP PLAYOFFS

 

COLOMBIA v USA

Venue: Plaza de Toros La Santamaria, Bogota , Colombia (clay – outdoors)

 

Colombia

Santiago Giraldo

Alejandro Falla

Carlos Salamanca

Juan Sebastian Cabal

Captain: Felipe Beron

 

USA

John Isner

Mardy Fish

Sam Querrey

Ryan Harrison

Captain: Patrick McEnroe

 

ISRAEL v AUSTRIA *

Venue: Nokia Stadium, Tel Aviv , Israel (hard – indoors)

 

Israel

Dudi Sela

Harel Levy

Jonathan Erlich

Andy Ram

Captain: Eyal Ran

 

Austria

Jurgen Melzer

Martin Fischer

Alexander Peya

Andreas Haider-Maurer

Captain: Gilbert Schaller

 * being played 16-19 September

 
GERMANY v SOUTH AFRICA

Venue: TC Weissenhof Stuttgart, Stuttgart , Germany (clay – outdoors)

 

Germany

Philipp Kohlschreiber

Florian Mayer

Andreas Beck

Christopher Kas

Captain: Patrik Kuhnen

 

South Africa

Kevin Anderson

Izak Van Der Merwe

Wesley Moodie

Jeff Coetzee

Captain: John-Laffnie De Jager

 

SWEDEN v ITALY

Venue: Sparbanken Lidkoping Arena, Lidkoping, Sweden (hard – indoors)

 

Sweden

Robin Soderling

Andreas Vinciguerra

Simon Aspelin

Robert Lindstedt

Captain: Thomas Enqvist

 

Italy

Potito Staraci

Fabio Fognini

Simone Bolelli

Daniele Bracciali

Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

 

INDIA v BRAZIL

Venue: SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai , India (hard – outdoors)

 

India

Somdev Devvarman

Rohan Bopanna

Leander Paes

Mahesh Bhupathi

Captain: Shiv Prakash Mishra

 

Brazil

Thomaz Bellucci

Ricardo Mello

Bruno Soares

Marcelo Melo

Captain: Joao Zwetsch

 

AUSTRALIA v BELGIUM

Venue: Cairns Regional Tennis Centre, North Cairns , Australia (hard – outdoors)

 

Australia

Lleyton Hewitt

Peter Luczak

Carsten Ball

Paul Hanley

Captain: John Fitzgerald

 

Belgium

Olivier Rochus

Steve Darcis

Niels Desein

Ruben Bemelmans

Captain: Reginald Willems

 

KAZAKHSTAN v SWITZERLAND

Venue: The National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan (hard – indoors)

 

Kazakhstan

Andrey Golubev

Evgeny Korolev

Mikhail Kukushkin

Yuriy Schukin

Captain: Yegor Shaldunov

 

Switzerland

Stanislas Wawrinka

Marco Chiudinelli

Michael Lammer

Yves Allegro

Captain: Severin Luthi

 

ROMANIA v ECUADOR

Venue: Centrul National de Tenis, Bucharest, Romania (clay – outdoors)

 

Romania

Victor Hanescu

Adrian Ungur

Victor Crivoi

Horia Tecau

Captain: Andrei Pavel

 

Ecuador

Nicolas Lapentti

Giovanni Lapentti

Ivan Endara

Emilio Gomez

Captain: Raul Viver

 

 
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFFS

 

BELARUS v SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Venue: Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk, Belarus (hard – outdoors)

 

Belarus

Uladzimir Ignatik

Alexander Bury

Egor Gerasimov

Max Mirnyi

Captain: Aliaksandr Shvets

 

Slovak Republic

Lukas Lacko

Martin Klizan

Filip Polasek

Michal Mertinak

Captain: Miloslav Mecir

 

LATVIA v POLAND

Venue: Olympic Sports Centre, Riga, Latvia (carpet – indoors)

 

Latvia

To be announced – please check www.daviscup.com

 

Poland

Michal Przysiezny

Jerzy Janowicz

Mariusz Fyrstenberg

Marcin Matkowski

Captain: Radoslaw Szymanik

 

 

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFF

 

CANADA v DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Venue: Rexall Centre - Grandstand Court, Toronto, Canada (hard – outdoors)

 

Canada

To be announced – please check www.daviscup.com

 

Dominican Republic

 

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFF

 

KOREA, REP. v PHILIPPINES

Venue: Chanwon Municipal Tennis Courts, Changwon , Korea , Rep. (hard – outdoors)

 
EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II THIRD ROUND

 

LITHUANIA v SLOVENIA

Venue: SEB Arena, Vilnius , Lithuania (hard - indoors)

 

Lithuania

Richard Berankis

Laurynas Grigelis

Dovydas Sakinis

Lukas Mugevicius

Captain: Remigijus Balzekas

 

Slovenia

Blaz Kavcic

Grega Zemlja

Luka Gregorc

Blaz Rola

Captain: Blaz Trupej

 

PORTUGAL v BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

Venue: Centro de Tenis Do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay – outdoors)

 

Portugal

Frederico Gil

Rui Machado

Leonardo Tavares

Joao Sousa

Captain: Pedro Cordeiro

 

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Aldin Setkic

Ismar Gorcic

Damir Dzumhur

Amer Delic

Captain: Daver Vranic

 
 

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II FINAL

 

MEXICO v VENEZUELA

Venue: Rafael El Pelon Osuna, Delg. Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico (clay – outdoors)


ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II FINAL

 

THAILAND v NEW ZEALAND

Venue: National Tennis Development Centre (LTAT), Nontheburi , Thailand (hard – outdoors)

 

Thailand

Kittiphong Wachiramanowong

Weerapat Doakmaiklee

Sanchai Ratiwatana

Sonchat Ratiwatana

Captain: Paradorn Srichaphan

 

New Zealand

Daniel King-Turner

Michael Venus

Jose Statham

Matt Simpson

Captain: Marcel Vos

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