Francia-Serbia e Belgio-Australia saranno le due semifinali della Coppa Davis 2017. Pronostico pesantemente sbilanciato in favore dei francesi padroni di casa nella prima sfida, mentre la seconda semifinale promette maggiore equilibrio. Nel week-end dal 15 al 17 settembre si disputeranno anche i play-off del World Group e gli incontri dei raggruppamenti zonali.
Francia-Serbia (Stadio Pierre Mauroy di Lille, terra rossa indoor)
Yannick Noah ha convocato:
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
- Lucas Pouille
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert
- Nicolas Mahut
Il capitano-giocatore Nenad Zijmonic, archiviate le assenze di Djokovic, Troicki e Tipsarevic, ha dovuto ripiegato sulla linea giovane:
- Dusan Lajovic
- Laslo Djere
- Filip Krajinovic
Belgio-Australia (Bruxelles, Palais 12, terra rossa indoor)
Queste le scelte del coach Johan van Herck:
- David Goffin
- Ruben Bemelmans
- Joris De Loor
- Steve Darcis
Ecco i quattro nomi di Leyton Hewitt:
- Nick Kyrgios
- Thanasi Kokkinakis
- John Peers
- Jordan Thompson
World Group play-offs
Croatia v Colombia
Croatia: Marin Cilic, Viktor Galovic, Franko Skugor e Nikola Mektic (coach Zeljko Krajan)
Colombia: Santiago Giraldo, Alejandro Gonzalez, Juan-Sebastian Cabal e Robert Farah (coach Pablo Gonzalez)
Kazakhstan v Argentina
Kazakhstan: Mikhail Kukushkin, Dmitry Popko, Aleksandr Nedovyesov e Denis Yevseyev (coach Dias Doskarayev)
Argentina: Diego Schwartzman, Guido Pella, Maximo Gonzalez e Andres Molteni (coach Daniel Orsanic)
Japan v Brazil
Japan: Ben Maclachlan, Yuichi Sugita, Go Soeda e Yasutaka Uchiyama (coach Satoshi Iwabuchi)
Brazil: Thiago Monteiro, Guilherme Clezar, Marcelo Melo e Brunos Soares (coach Joao Zwetch)
Switzerland v Belarus
Henri Laaksonen, Marco Chiudinelli, Adrian Bodmer e Antoine Bellier (coach Severin Luthi)
Egor Gerasimov, Ilya Ivashka, Andrei Vasilevski e Max Mirny (coach Vladimir Voltchkov)
Canada v India
India: Yuki Bhambri, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Saketh Myneni e Rohan Bopanna (coach Mahesh Bhupathi)
Canada: Denis Shapovalov, Vasek Pospisil,Brayden Schnur e Daniel Nestor (coach Martin Laurendeau)
Germany v Portugal
Portugal: Joao Sousa, Pedro Sousa, Gastao Elias e Joao Domingues
Germany: Jan-Lennard Struff, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Yannick Hanfmann e Tim Puetz (coach Michael Kohlmann)
Czech Republic v Netherlands
Czech Republic: Jiri Vesely, Adam Pavlasek, Lukas Rosol e Roman Jebavy
Robin Haase, Tallon Griekspoor, Thiemo De Bakker e Jean-Julien Rojer (coach Paul Haarhuis)
Russia v Hungary
Russia: Karen Khachanov, Andrey Rublev, Daniil Medvedev e Konstantin Kravchuk (coach Shamil Tarpischev)
Hungary: Marton Fucsovics, Attila Balazs, Gabor Borsos e Zsombor Piros
Americas Zone Group I
Dominican Republic v Peru
Dominican Republic
Victor Estrella Burgos, Jose Hernandez-Fernandez, Jose Olivares, Roberto Cid.
Captain: Rafael Moreno
Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
Chinese Taipei v Korea, Republic
Chinese Taipei
Ti Chen, Jason Jung, Cheng Yu Yu, Tung Lin Wu.
Captain: Jinn Yen Chiang
Korea, Republic
Hong Chung, Soon woo Kwon, Yong-Kyu Lim, Jea moon Lee.
Captain: Kae Sik Kim
Europe/Africa Zone Group I
Romania v Austria
Romania
Dragos Dima, Nicolae Frunza, Bogdan Borza, Horia Tecau.
Captain: Andrei Pavel
Austria
Dominic Thiem, Sebastian Ofner, Gerald Melzer, Oliver Marach.
Captain: Stefan Koubek
Israel v Ukraine
Israel
Dudi Sela, Eden Leshem, Mor Buils, Jonathan Erlich.
Captain: Eyal Ran
Ukraine
Alexandr Dolgopolov, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Illya Marchenko, Denys Molchanov.
Captain: Andrei Medvedev
Slovakia v Poland
Slovakia
Norbert Gombos, Lukas Lacko, Jozef Kovalik, Andrej Martin.
Captain: Miloslav Mecir
Poland
Kamil Majchrzak, Hubert Hurkacz, Lukasz Kubot, Marcin Matkowski.
Captain: Radoslaw Szymanik
Americas Zone Group II
Barbados v Venezuela
Barbados
Darian King, Haydn Lewis, Adam Hornby, Matthew Foster-Estwick.
Captain: Damien Appelwhaite
Venezuela
Ricardo Rodriguez, Luis Martinez, Jodri Munoz, Miguel Este.
Captain: Yohny Romero
Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
Pakistan v Thailand
Pakistan
Aisam Ul Haq Qureshi, Aqeel Khan, Muhammad Abid, Shahzad Khan
Captain: Muhammad Khalid
Korea, Republic
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul, Kittipong Wachiramanowong, Sanchai Ratiwatana, Sonchat Ratiwatana.
Captain: Vittaya Samrej
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Sweden v Lithuania
Sweden
Elias Ymer, Mikael Ymer, Markus Eriksson, Johan Brunstrom.
Captain: Johan Hedsberg
Lithuania
Laurynas Griegelis, Julius Tverijonas, Tadas Babelis, Tomas Vaise.
Captain: Rimvydas Mugevicius
Denmark v South Africa
Denmark
Frederik Nielsen, Soren Hess-Olesen, Benjamin Hannestad, Thomas Kromann.
Captain: Kenneth Carlsen
South Africa
Lloyd Harris, Nicolaas Scholtz, Ruan Roelofse, Raven Klaasen.
Captain: Marcos Ondruska