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Djokovic Leads Serbia in Davis Cup Return


World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will return to Davis Cup competition next month, leading Serbia against Kazakhstan, in an opening-round tie in Belgrade.

Djokovic joins Viktor Troicki, Filip Krajinovic and Nenad Zimonjic for host Serbia.

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Both France and Canada will be at full strength for what could be a blockbuster tie staged outdoors on red clay in Guadeloupe in Yannick Noah's return as French Davis Cup captain.

John Isner, Jack Sock and the Bryan brothers lead a United States squad that will take on a talent-laden Australian team featuring Nick Kyrgios, Bernard Tomic, Sam Groth and John Peers on the grass courts of Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Lleyton Hewitt's debut as Aussie captain.

The ITF announced the official team nominations for the Davis Cup World Group first round and Zone Group ties taking place March 4-6th.




A total of 32 ties will be held next week. Draws for all ties will be held on Thursday, March 3rd.

WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND

GREAT BRITAIN vs. JAPAN
Venue: Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, GBR (hard - indoor)

Great Britain
Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund, Jamie Murray, Dominic Inglot
Captain: Leon Smith

Japan
Kei Nishikori, Taro Daniel, Yoshihito Nishioka, Yasutaka Uchiyama
Captain: Minoru Ueda

SERBIA vs. KAZAKHSTAN
Venue: Pionir Hall, Belgrade, SRB (hard - indoor)

Serbia
Novak Djokovic, Viktor Troicki, Filip Krajinovic, Nenad Zimonjic
Captain: Bogdan Obradovic

Kazakhstan
Mikhail Kukushkin, Andrey Golubev, Aleksandr Nedovyesov, Dmitry Popko
Captain: Dias Doskarayev

ITALY vs. SWITZERLAND
Venue: Adriatic Arena, Pesaro, ITA (clay - indoor)

Italy
Andreas Seppi, Paolo Lorenzi, Simone Bolelli, Marco Cecchinato
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

Switzerland
Marco Chiudinelli, Henri Laaksonen, Adrien Bossel, Antoine Bellier
Captain: Severin Luthi

POLAND vs. ARGENTINA
Venue: Ergo Arena, Gdansk, POL (hard - indoor)

Poland
Jerzy Janowicz, Kamil Majchrzak, Lukasz Kubot, Marcin Matkowski
Captain: Radoslaw Szymanik

Argentina
Leonardo Mayer, Guido Pella, Carlos Berlocq, Renzo Olivo
Captain: Daniel Orsanic

FRANCE vs. CANADA
Venue: Vélodrome Amédée Detraux, Guadeloupe, FRA (clay - outdoor)

France
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet, Gael Monfils, Gilles Simon
Captain: Yannick Noah

Canada
Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil, Frank Dancevic, Daniel Nestor
Captain: Martin Laurendeau

GERMANY vs. CZECH REPUBLIC
Venue: TUI Arena, Hannover, GER (hard - indoor)

Germany
Philipp Kohlschreiber, Alexander Zverev, Dustin Brown, Philipp Petzschner
Captain: Michael Kohlmann

Czech Republic
Tomas Berdych, Lukas Rosol, Jiri Vesely, Radek Stepanek
Captain: Jaroslav Navratil

AUSTRALIA vs. USA
Venue: Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, Melbourne, AUS (grass - outdoor)

Australia
Bernard Tomic, Nick Kyrgios, Samuel Groth, John Peers
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt

USA
John Isner, Jack Sock, Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan
Captain: Jim Courier

BELGIUM vs. CROATIA
Venue: Country Hall du Sart-Tilman, Liège, BEL (clay - indoor)

Belgium
David Goffin, Kimmer Coppejans, Ruben Bemelmans, Arthur De Greef
Captain: Johan Van Herck

Croatia
Marin Cilic, Borna Coric, Ivan Dodig, Marin Draganja
Captain: Zeljko Krajan

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