Davis Cup this weekend!

[helterskelter]

Lots of interesting ties, but too many players absent. Serbia, in particular, look so much weaker than they'd be with the A Team of Djokovic, Tipsarevic, Troicki, and Chico.

Here are the rosters. Who will win?

CZECH REPUBLIC VS NETHERLANDS
Hard, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Czech Republic
Tomas Berdych
Radek Stepanek
Lukas Rosol
Jiri Vesely

Netherlands
Robin Haase
Igor Sijsling
Thiemo de Bakker
Jean-Julien Rojer

JAPAN VS CANADA
Hard, Tokyo, Japan

Japan
Kei Nishikori
Go Soeda
Yuichi Sugita
Yasutaka Uchiyama

Canada
Milos Raonic
Vasek Pospisil
Frank Dancevic
Daniel Nestor

GERMANY VS SPAIN
Hard, Frankfurt, Germany

Germany
Tommy Haas
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Florian Mayer
Daniel Brands

Spain
Feliciano Lopez
Fernando Verdasco
Robert Bautista Agut
David Marrero

FRANCE VS AUSTRALIA
Clay, La Roche sur Yon, France

France
Richard Gasquet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Gael Monfils
Julien Benneteau

Australia
Lleyton Hewitt
Nick Kyrgios
Chris Guccione
Thanasi Kokkinakis

USA VS GREAT BRITAIN
Clay, San Diego, California

USA
John Isner
Sam Querrey
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan

Great Britain
Andy Murray
James Ward
Kyle Edmund
Colin Fleming

ARGENTINA VS ITALY
Clay, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Argentina
Carlos Berlocq
Juan Monaco
Horacio Zeballos
Eduardo Schwank

Italy
Fabio Fognini
Andreas Seppi
Filippo Volandri
Simone Bolelli

KAZAKHSTAN VS BELGIUM
Hard, Astana, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan
Mikhail Kukushkin
Andrey Golubev
Evgeny Korolev
Denis Yevseyev

Belgium
David Goffin
Ruben Bemelmans
Olivier Rochus
Germain Gigounon

SERBIA VS SWITZERLAND
Hard, Novi Sad, Serbia

Serbia
Dusan Lajovic
Filip Krajinovic
Ilija Bozoljac
Nenad Zimonjic

Switzerland
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli
Henri Laaksonen
Michael Lammer

 

[helterskelter]

My predictions:

Czech Republic 4-1 Netherlands
Japan 2-3 Canada
Germany 2-3 Spain
France 4-1 Australia
USA 3-2 Great Britain
Argentina 1-4 Italy
Kazakhstan 4-1 Belgium
Serbia 1-4 Switzerland

 

[newpball]

I'd love to trade this whole Davis cup thing for an extra grand slam or even a masters.

 

[bigred1910]

im hoping teh young aussies cause a bit of an upset.

 

[Kirijax]

Is Isner recovered from his injury?

 

[Kirijax]

I'd love to trade this whole Davis cup thing for an extra grand slam or even a masters.

Love the Davis Cup. It used to be THE event in tennis.

 

[PMChambers]

I'd love to trade this whole Davis cup thing for an extra grand slam or even a masters.

Maybe convert it to something similar to the Olympics form, held 3 from 4 years with the Olympics the 4th. Give it some points like Olympics and some minor prize money to cover the event including, players, partners, coach, etc. The Davis Cup is proving to be too much of a commitment throughout the year for the top players, some points would definitely assist.