Serbia and France head the seeds for the Draw for the World Group of the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, which takes place in Brussels on Wednesday 22 September at 12:30 local time (10:30 GMT):
WORLD GROUP
1. SERBIA
2. FRANCE
3. SPAIN
4. CZECH REPUBLIC
5. ARGENTINA
6. USA
7. RUSSIA
8. CROATIA
According to the Davis Cup Regulations, the two finalist nations are seeded No. 1 and No. 2 in the World Group for the following year, and will be drawn in opposite halves. Seeds 3-8 are in accordance with the latest ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking.
The seeded nations will be drawn against the remaining World Group nations: Austria, Belgium, Chile, Germany, India, Kazakhstan, Romania and Sweden.
Outside of Germany, and maybe Sweden and Austria, expect to see the non-seeded teams fighting for their places in world group.
Hope the Americans get a good draw, and hopefully Argentina does as well to make up for their unfortunate circumstances this year without JMDP and Nalbandian still coming back.
Outside of Germany, and maybe Sweden and Austria, expect to see the non-seeded teams fighting for their places in world group.
Hope the Americans get a good draw, and hopefully Argentina does as well to make up for their unfortunate circumstances this year without JMDP and Nalbandian still coming back.
Agree with you.
Germany vs USA could be interesting as it would be in Germany on clay.
For me Sweden is a team who beat actually everyone with a bad doubles team (Croatia, Russia in this case) and lose to the others 3-2 normally.
Austria could be a dangerous opponent, too, but just if Knowle / Melzer play doubles. Otherwise they have probably no chance against those.
The Draw for the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas was made in Brussels on Wednesday, with the nations competing in the World Group, Group I and Group II all finding out their first round opponents next year.
Having already secured its place in the final in December, Serbia is the top seed in 2011 and has been drawn at home against India in the World Group first round. This year’s other finalist, France, travels to Austria.
In 2010, Serbia has enjoyed its best Davis Cup run and will be hoping to go into next year’s competition as the defending champion. India secured a spot in the top tier with a gutsy 3-2 play-off victory over Brazil, having come back from 2-0 down in Chennai.
France holds an unbeaten record against Austria, winning all seven of their previous meetings. The most recent match-up was a home tie for the French in 2000, which ended in a 5-0 whitewash. Austria recorded a fifth rubber win over Israel to book a place in the World Group.
The most successful nation in Davis Cup history, USA, faces another tricky trip to South America. Having just battled past Colombia in the play-offs, the Americans now travel to Chile in the first round when they will have a new captain in the chair, following the news that Patrick McEnroe has stood down after ten years at the helm.
Last weekend’s beaten semifinalists, Argentina and Czech Republic, have both received home draws against Romania and World Group first-timers Kazakhstan respectively. Meanwhile, Sweden hosts Russia, Spain faces a trip to Belgium and Croatia plays Germany at home.
22 Sep 2010 - Brussels, Belgium 2011 World Group Draw
The full draw for the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group is listed below. First round ties will be played on 4-6 March.
WORLD GROUP
First Round
Serbia (s) (c) v India
Russia (s) v Sweden (c)
Czech Republic (s) (c) (*) v Kazakhstan
Argentina (s) (c) v Romania
Chile (c) v USA (s)
Belgium (c) v Spain (s)
Germany v Croatia (s) (c)
Austria (c) v France (s)
Key
(s) = seeded nation
(c) = choice of ground
(*) = choice of ground decided by lot
My predictions:
-Serbia should easily beat India
-Russia vs. Sweden can go either way, it will be by far the most exciting R1
-The Czechs should easily beat Russia #2 Kazakhstan
-Romania will be no match for Argentina
-The US should beat Chile, even on clay since Gonzo won't play...
-Spain should beat Belgium.
-Croatia vs. Germany could be a good one, but Croatia really should win...
-I don't see Austria beating France, unless Melzer plays the best tennis of his life and somehow wins both singles rubbers and the doubles with Knowle or Marach
russia v.s sweden: keep davy from playing soderling, since robin loves playing him and russia could win. Davy, if he plays should beat any other singles player from sweden while robin will probably win both his matches. That leaves doubles...im saying russia
czech republic v.s kazakhstan: assuming radek and tomas are playing well this should be no problem for the czech republic
romania v.s argentina: argentina will have no problem with them, hanescu might be able to deliver a victory if he's not put against nalbandian
united states v.s chile: Us should win since chile wont have gonzo
germany v.s croatia: this is another close one that will probably be a 3-2 like russia v.s sweden but im thinking germany will pull it out.
austria v.s france: jurgen cant win the whole thing himself..or chould he? i dont know but it depends who france has to play, i could see him winning both his singles matches and then it would be left up to doubles...im calling austria for the upset
guys sorry if theres a thread about this somewhere else, i couldnt find it. any ideas what city in the us will host this match? or is it not decided yet? im hoping its in or near detroit
The United States Tennis Association announced that the cities of Albany, NY, Austin, TX, and San Antonio, TX are the three finalists to host the quarterfinal.
Roddick’s hometown of Austin is the prohibitive favorite to win the bid. The deadline to submit the nomination to the ITF is March 21.
"I appreciate the USTA for even considering it. I think it’s been no secret that I have wanted it for a long time," said Roddick. "It would be a dream come true to play at home."
Hey, my country beat Serbia one time. Actually, we beat them a lot of times. But I am still betting on Serbia on this one. They have a better winning history than Sweden.
Robin would've prefered clay but didn't want to take the decision himself on what surface to play. He says it'll be tough going from Grass(Wimbledon) to hard(DC) to clay(Bastad) in three weeks and is not thrilled about it since he suffered an injury last DC match. He also says that he doesn't see a realistic chance to win DC without a second rubber worth mentioning, and if he had to withdraw from one event it would be DC. Pretty harsh words but it's spot on imo..
Maybe it sounds strange, but indoor clay would have been the perfect surface for the tie. You know, Robin serves way better indoors + the Serbs are all better on HC than on clay.
But anyway the Swedes have to hope that Nole won't be available for the tie, otherwise they have only a slim chance (Robin to win his 2 singles and then the doubles).
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