Argentina and Britain Gain Berths Into New Davis Cup Finals
LONDON — Argentina and Britain, ongoing victors of the Davis Cup, were given special cases on Wednesday to contend in one year from now's finals of the redid rivalry.
Argentina, 2016 victors, and Britain, who won the earlier year, have been chosen to join the four semifinalists from the current year's version — France, Croatia, Spain and United States — in the 18-group Davis Cup occasion in November 2019.
Those countries will be participated in the new weeklong competition by 12 others, who will anchor their places through qualifiers in February.
Argentina and Britain were expected to contend in the qualifiers however will now be saved that obstacle after the Davis Cup guiding board gave them a go into the finals, which will be held in either Lille, France, or Madrid.
With Argentina and Britain procuring special cases, Australia and Switzerland picked up seedings for the qualifying occasion.
The makeover of the Davis Cup, the chief group occasion in men's tennis, was endorsed by the International Tennis Federation in August. The new organization was made in association with the venture bunch Kosmos, established by the soccer star Gerard Piqué.
The controlling board of trustees — containing Piqué, the previous Spanish tennis player Galo Blanco, I.T.F. president David Haggerty and I.T.F. VP Rene Stammbach — gave special cases to two countries with a rich Davis Cup history and a touch of star influence.
Argentina, driven by Juan Martín del Potro, won its first Davis Cup in 2016. The British group won their tenth title in 2015, on account of a motivated execution from Andy Murray.
With Kosmos promising to contribute about $119 million (in excess of 90 million pounds) into the Davis Cup and grass-roots tennis, one of the primary objectives of the new configuration is to pull in the greatest stars for the finals.
Switzerland and Australia being seeded enhances the possibilities of the Swiss pair Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka and the Australian star Nick Kyrgios achieving the finals.
The remainder of the Davis Cup last to be organized under the conventional arrangement will see France endeavoring to protect its title against Croatia in Lille in November.
The attract was held Wednesday to decide the qualifying matchups, which will be played Feb. 1-2, 2019. (The last two taking an interest countries, from Europe or Africa, will be named after playoffs in October.) Here are the matchups:
Belgium at Brazil
Serbia at Uzbekistan
Bosnia at Australia
Italy at India
Hungary at Germany
Russia at Switzerland
Netherlands at Czech Republic
Sweden at Colombia
Chile at Austria
Japan at China
T.B.D. at Canada
T.B.D. at Kazakhstan.
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LONDON — Argentina and Britain, ongoing victors of the Davis Cup, were given special cases on Wednesday to contend in one year from now's finals of the redid rivalry.
Argentina, 2016 victors, and Britain, who won the earlier year, have been chosen to join the four semifinalists from the current year's version — France, Croatia, Spain and United States — in the 18-group Davis Cup occasion in November 2019.
Those countries will be participated in the new weeklong competition by 12 others, who will anchor their places through qualifiers in February.
Argentina and Britain were expected to contend in the qualifiers however will now be saved that obstacle after the Davis Cup guiding board gave them a go into the finals, which will be held in either Lille, France, or Madrid.
With Argentina and Britain procuring special cases, Australia and Switzerland picked up seedings for the qualifying occasion.
The makeover of the Davis Cup, the chief group occasion in men's tennis, was endorsed by the International Tennis Federation in August. The new organization was made in association with the venture bunch Kosmos, established by the soccer star Gerard Piqué.
The controlling board of trustees — containing Piqué, the previous Spanish tennis player Galo Blanco, I.T.F. president David Haggerty and I.T.F. VP Rene Stammbach — gave special cases to two countries with a rich Davis Cup history and a touch of star influence.
Argentina, driven by Juan Martín del Potro, won its first Davis Cup in 2016. The British group won their tenth title in 2015, on account of a motivated execution from Andy Murray.
With Kosmos promising to contribute about $119 million (in excess of 90 million pounds) into the Davis Cup and grass-roots tennis, one of the primary objectives of the new configuration is to pull in the greatest stars for the finals.
Switzerland and Australia being seeded enhances the possibilities of the Swiss pair Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka and the Australian star Nick Kyrgios achieving the finals.
The remainder of the Davis Cup last to be organized under the conventional arrangement will see France endeavoring to protect its title against Croatia in Lille in November.
The attract was held Wednesday to decide the qualifying matchups, which will be played Feb. 1-2, 2019. (The last two taking an interest countries, from Europe or Africa, will be named after playoffs in October.) Here are the matchups:
Belgium at Brazil
Serbia at Uzbekistan
Bosnia at Australia
Italy at India
Hungary at Germany
Russia at Switzerland
Netherlands at Czech Republic
Sweden at Colombia
Chile at Austria
Japan at China
T.B.D. at Canada
T.B.D. at Kazakhstan.
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Argentina and Britain Gain Berths Into New Davis Cup Finals
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