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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 Santiago 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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